A 14 YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT SUNDAY NIGHT IN SALINAS….AND THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE INVOLVED WAS IDENTIFIED AND ARRESTED YESTERDAY (MONDAY). 20 YEAR-OLD JOSE CORDOVA (WHO INITIALLY CALLED THE OWNER OF THE CAR, TO TELL HER TO REPORT IT STOLEN) HAS ADMITTED TO HITTING THE 14 YEAR-OLD GIRL WITH THE CAR, AND THEN FLEEING THE SCENE. CORDOVA WAS BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL.
THE GIRL WAS AIR-LIFTED TO A BAY AREA TRAUMA CENTER.
