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DUI suspect arrested after Sacramento woman killed in hit-and-run

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SACRAMENTO -- A driver in Sacramento struck and killed a woman Wednesday evening, police said. 

Around 8 p.m., officers responded to a crash near North B and Dos Rios streets. When they arrived, they found a woman partially in the roadway. 

Police said she died at the scene. 

Officers soon learned that there was a suspect driver who did not stop after the crash. The suspect driver's vehicle was later spotted near Fifth and I streets. 

According to police, a suspect was detained and later arrested in connection to the fatal crash.

Police have identified the suspect as 62-year-old Sacramento resident Steve Read. Read was booked into jail for hit-and-run resulting in death and driving under the influence, police said.

The name of the woman killed has not been released. 

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