2022-02-21
1 arrested, connected to February hit-and-run
Officials with the Amarillo Police Department released an update regarding a hit and run that occurred near downtown Amarillo in late February.
According to previous reports by MyHighPlains.com, officers were dispatched to the 1200 block of southwest 10th Ave on the morning of Feb. 21. At the scene, officers found that two women pedestrians had been struck by a white SUV while crossing southwest 10th Ave. while not at an intersection or crosswalk.
Officials with the department previously said that one of the pedestrians, a 36-year-old, was transported to an area hospital after receiving life-threatening injuries in the incident. The second pedestrian, a 24-year-old, received non-life-threatening injuries and was also transported to an area hospital.
Amarillo Police identified the suspect in this incident as 33-year-old Stephanie Luna. According to a news release from Amarillo Police, Luna was charged with two counts of “Accident Involving Serious Bodily Injury,” a third-degree felony. Luna turned herself into the Potter County Detention Center on the charges.
This case continues to be under investigation by the Amarillo PD Traffic Investigation Squad.
3-10-2022
Amarillo police have arrested and charged the person suspected in the hit-and-run on Southwest 10th Avenue that left two women hospitalized.
Police say the suspect has been identified as Stephanie Luna. She faces charges of two counts of accident involving serious bodily injury.
According to a criminal complaint, Luna came into the Amarillo Police Department and said she wanted to turn herself in. She told officers that she “thought” she was the one who hit two people near Southwest 10th.
In an interview with officers, she said she was driving on 10th at the time of the accident. She said she had front end damage to her car and “originally thought she hit something stationary like a pole.”
She was booked into the Potter County Detention Center on these charges.
The incident happened in February in the area of Southwest 10th and South Hayden Street.
Two women were crossing Southwest 10th Avenue when they were hit by a white SUV. The SUV then drove away from the scene.
One of the women, a 36-year-old, received life-threatening injuries and was taken to an area hospital. Court documents say she had life-threatening injuries and had to be intubated
The other woman, a 24-year-old, was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Court documents say she had a broken leg and road rash.
Surveillance video from Craig Gualtiere shows the hit-and-run from across the street.