A 40 YEAR-OLD GONZALES WOMAN, WHO WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY MORNING, REPORTEDLY WOULD ONLY HAVE BEEN CITED AND RELEASED, IF SHE HADN’T LEFT THE SCENE OF THE HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT IN FRONT OF LA GLORIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MARICELA MEDINA LEON TOLD OFFICERS SHE HAD TO GO HOME AND CHANGE HER CLOTHES (AFTER THE CAR SHE WAS DRIVING HIT A 9 YEAR-OLD GIRL), BUT SHE ALLEGEDLY TOLD A WITNESS SHE WAS GOING TO GET HER LICENSE. LEON RETURNED JUST 7 MINUTES LATER.
THE 9 YEAR-OLD WAS AIR-LIFTED TO A SAN JOSE TRAUMA CENTER, WITH NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.
