21-year-old woman arrested after man pushing shopping cart was killed in Sylmar hit-and-run

SYLMAR, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles Valley Traffic Detectives made an arrest on Thursday in a hit-and-run crash in Sylmar that left a man dead.

Mary Inez Mercado, a 21-year-old who lives in Granada Hills, was booked for felony hit-and-run causing death and is currently being held on $50,000 bail.
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The incident happened just after midnight on April 21. Police said Mercado was driving a dark-colored vehicle and was heading westbound on Hubbard Street when she hit a man pushing a shopping cart.

Mercado stopped near Hubbard Street and Dronfield Avenue and got out of the vehicle but then got back in and drove away, according to police.
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The victim, who has not been identified, was sent to the hospital where he later died.