A Winslow woman was arrested after police said she drove a truck into a pedestrian before crashing into a wall behind a home on June 2.
According to the Winslow Police Department, officers were dispatched at 2:44 p.m. to the area of Campbell Avenue and Maple Street after receiving numerous 9-1-1 calls reporting that a truck had crashed into a wall and may have struck a pedestrian.
When officers arrived, they found a truck crashed into a wall behind a house in the 500 block of West Maple Street. The driver was identified as 50-year-old Monica Hernandez.
Police said the truck had also collided with a pedestrian, 28-year-old Berenice Carmona-Hernandez. Carmona-Hernandez was taken by ambulance to the emergency room at Little Colorado Medical Center for treatment of severe injuries.
Following the investigation, officers arrested Hernandez and booked her into the Navajo County Jail in Holbrook on charges of attempted second-degree murder and aggravated assault.
Police said the case remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Jordan Payne at 928-289-1433.
All arrested persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
