WOMAN HIT AND KILLED S.S.

A LATINO WOMAN WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY AN S.U.V, AS SHE CROSSED A SALINAS STREET YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED IN FRONT OF SALINAS HIGH SCHOOL, JUST AS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WAS ENDING. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THAT THE 18 YEAR-OLD (WHO WAS DRIVING THE S.U.V.) HAD HIS VISIBILITY IMPAIRED, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN RAISED SIGNIFICANTLY. THE WOMAN (WHO WAS IN HER 50?S) WAS JUST 4 FEET 11 INCHES TALL, WHILE THE TOP OF THE VEHICLE?S HOOD WAS 4 FEET 9 INCHES OFF THE GROUND. ALTHOUGH THE IMPACT OF THE SLOW-MOVING S.U.V. WOULD NOT HAVE CAUSED MUCH DAMAGE BY ITSELF, BECAUSE THE TRUCK WAS RAISED SO FAR, THE LADY ENDED UP BEING CAUGHT IN THE VEHICLE?S UNDERCARRIAGE. SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.