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Santa Rosa woman arrested in connection with hit-and-run crash that hospitalized 2-year-old girl

Santa Rosa woman arrested in connection with hit-and-run crash that hospitalized 2-year-old girl
1 day 5 hours 13 minutes ago Monday, January 06 2025 Jan 6, 2025 January 06, 2025 5:47 PM January 06, 2025 in News - Local
Sonia Selina Pena. Photo credit: Cameron County jail records.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was updated with the status of the 2-year-old child.

A woman is in custody following a hit-and-run crash that hospitalized a 2-year-old girl with a skull fracture, according to the Santa Rosa Police Department.

Sonia Selina Pena is in the Cameron County jail on multiple charges, including collision involving personal injury or death, injury to a child and failing to render aid, jail records show.

According to Santa Rosa police Lt. Ernesto Barajas, the incident happened at the Santa Rosa Village apartments, located at 613 Farm to Market 506, Saturday at around 4:10 p.m.

Pena was backing out of the parking lot when she hit the child and left the scene, Barajas said.

At around 6:30 p.m., Pena came back to the scene and later told police she thought she had hit a curb, Barajas added.

Pena was also charged with an unrelated charge of harboring a felon.

On Tuesday, police reported the child was released from the hospital and was back home.

Jail records indicate bond for Pena was set at $45,000.

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