LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The California Highway Patrol is asking for the public’s help in locating the driver and vehicle involved in an early Sunday morning hit-and-run crash that killed a Northshore woman who was walking along Highway 20.

The CHP’s Clear Lake Area office said 24-year-old Amanda Arney of Nice died after being struck by what authorities believe to be a Toyota minivan.

Arney was walking eastbound on the south shoulder of Highway 20, west of Sayre Avenue in Nice at 12:10 a.m. Sunday, the CHP said.

The vehicle that hit her was traveling eastbound in the same area at an unknown speed. For reasons the CHP said are still under investigation, the as-yet unidentified driver allowed their vehicle to veer onto the south shoulder, where the right side of it hit Arney.

The CHP said Arney was thrown down an embankment and came to rest near a fence, partially concealed by vegetation.

After the collision, the CHP said the vehicle that hit Arney fled the scene in an easterly direction on Highway 20 and failed to report the collision or check on Arney’s welfare.

At 7:40 a.m. Sunday, the CHP’s Ukiah Communications Center was notified after Arney was discovered at the location of the collision and dispatched the fire department and CHP to the scene.

Fire department personnel arrived on scene and determined that Arney had died of her injuries, the CHP said.

The CHP said it has identified a silver 2013 Toyota Sienna minivan with damage to the right front as a vehicle of interest.

The vehicle’s right-side mirror and headlight assembly and windshield were damaged during the collision, the CHP said.

Clear Lake Area Office Commander Dan Fansler told Lake County News late Monday morning that investigators did not yet have an identification on the driver and the vehicle also remained at large.

Fansler asked that anyone with information about the crash or the vehicle of interest contact investigating Officer Joel Skeen at 707-279-0103 or email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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