Jose Rodas Arrested, Utility Worker Injured in Hit-and-Run Pedestrian Accident near Cottonwood Avenue [Moreno Valley, CA]

Jose Rodas Charged in Hit-and-Run Pedestrian Crash near Cottonwood Avenue and Graham Street

 
MORENO VALLEY, CA (November 20, 2023) — Jose Rodas faces DUI and hit-and-run charges in a pedestrian accident near Cottonwood Avenue and Graham Street, where he left a utility worker with life-threatening injuries.
 
According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, the hit-and-run happened around 3:20 a.m. Friday. Under unclear circumstances, 21-year-old Jose Andres Mateo Rodas lost control of his vehicle and struck a 52-year-old Eastern Municipal Water District employee working near the intersection.
 
Subsequently, Rodas sped off from the scene until patrol deputies found him a brief time later.
 
Following the crash, paramedics brought the severely injured victim to Riverside University Medical Center for treatment. Meanwhile, officers arrested the uninjured Rodas booking him into the Robert Presley Jail for DUI and hit-and-run.
 
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