Walnut woman sentenced in Irwindale hit-and-run

POMONA — A Walnut woman was released from jail Wednesday following her sentencing for a hit-and-run crash in Irwindale that left an elderly Baldwin Park woman dead last year, officials said.Ashley Lopez, 22, was sentenced to 360 days jail time, which she was credit for due to time already served, along with five years of formal probation, Pomona Superior Court officials said.Lopez had been in custody since February after pleading no contest late last year to a count of felony hit-and-run following a Nov. 2 collision at Live Oak and Stewart avenues in Irwindale, according to officials and Los Angeles County booking records.Killed in the collision was 80-year-old Cu Lee Nguyen, who was crossing Live Oak Avenue when she was struck by Lopez’s eastbound car, according to Irwindale police. She died at the scene. Lopez was arrested Nov. 5 at her workplace in Irwindale after an investigation identified her as the driver of the car that struck Nguyen, police said.Police said she told investigators she fled the scene of the crash because she was afraid.

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