Suspect in fatal Tulare County hit-and-run turns herself in to California Highway Patrol

Thursday, November 10, 2022
TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A woman wanted in connection with a deadly hit-and-run crash over the weekend is now in custody.

The California Highway Patrol issued an arrest warrant for Shay Dejonge.

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She turned herself in Wednesday night and we're told she did not provide a statement.

She was booked into the Tulare County Pretrial facility for a felony hit-and-run resulting in the death of Jimmy Slate Jr.

He was walking and pushing his bike on Avenue 144, south of Avenue 313 when he was hit Saturday afternoon.



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Slate was taken to Kaweah Health Medical Center, where he died just days before his 31st birthday.

Dejonge has a court date scheduled for the 14th.

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