ONTARIO, Calif. (KABC) -- Five Inland Empire residents were arrested after allegedly staging a hit-and-run car crash in Ontario to file a $30,000 insurance claim.
Home surveillance video shows a driver leave a car in the middle of an intersection and walk away. Moments later, another vehicle drives up and crashes into it hard, then the driver runs from the scene.
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Authorities say the woman driving the first vehicle later claimed to investigators that she was the victim of a hit-and-run. But witnesses said she walked over to the scene after the crash.
Investigators say five Inland Empire residents were arrested recently and are now facing a felony count for the alleged insurance fraud scheme.