La Habra woman killed in hit-and-run identified

LA HABRA — Coroner’s officials Sunday released the name of a La Habra woman who was struck and killed in a hit-and-run while crossing Whittier Boulevard Friday.
Sandra Ceballos, 38, died at at hospital shortly she was struck by a Cadillac sedan as she was crossing Whittier Boulevard at RIgsby Street about 9 p.m. Friday, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Lt. Cheyl MacWillie said.
Another woman in her 30s who was with Ceballos was also struck by the car and hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, La Habra police Sgt. Clint Angle said.
Caroline Kim, 20, of Hacienda Heights was arrested by Whittier police after leading officers on a pursuit that ended when she crashed into a parked car at Countrywood Avenue and Pepper Brook Way in Hacienda Heights, according to Whittier police Lt. Steve Dean. She was expected to be booked on suspicion of hit-and-run, evading police and vehiclular manslaughter once released from a hospital, where she was being treated for injuries suffered in the crash.

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