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Woman arrested in fatal pedestrian hit-and-run in Henderson

Henderson police on Tuesday arrested a woman suspected of fleeing the scene of a fatal crash this month.

Ashley Clinton, 27, was booked into the Henderson Detention Center, where she faces a felony charge of failing to stop at the scene of an accident and misdemeanor charges of driving with a suspended license and failure to render aid at an accident.

Clinton is suspected of fleeing the scene after fatally hitting a pedestrian, 21-year-old Wendy Rodriquez Figueredo, near Galleria and Ward drives on March 6 in Henderson.

Contact Blake Apgar at bapgar@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5298. Follow @blakeapgar on Twitter.

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