VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- A woman is dead after a suspected DUI driver hit her while she was crossing the street in Visalia.
It happened just after 9 p.m. Wednesday on Vassar and Giddings.
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Officers say 50-year old Kenneth Bates was traveling northbound on Giddings when he hit 20-year old Jennifer Pinkham while she was crossing the street.
She was taken to the hospital where she later died from her injuries.
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Bates was found to be under the influence of a controlled substance.
He was arrested and booked into the Tulare County Jail.