{"id":360325,"date":"2026-06-14T13:07:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T13:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/360325\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T13:07:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T13:07:55","slug":"clovis-woman-arrested-after-dui-hit-and-run-leaves-pedestrian-critically-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/360325\/","title":{"rendered":"Clovis Woman Arrested After DUI Hit-and-Run Leaves Pedestrian Critically Injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Clovis woman was arrested on multiple felony charges after allegedly driving under the influence, striking a pedestrian, and fleeing the scene before being stopped by police Thursday night, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded just after 10 p.m. to the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Brookhaven Drive following reports of a collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian, according to the Clovis Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>The first officer to arrive instructed the driver, an adult woman, to remain at the scene while officers attempted life-saving measures on an adult male who was lying in the roadway. Police said the driver fled in a Toyota Camry during the response but was stopped and arrested a short distance away.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pedestrian was taken to a local hospital and remained in critical condition Friday morning, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Police identified the driver as Francis Portillo, 45, of Clovis. Portillo was booked into the Fresno County Jail on suspicion of felony DUI, felony hit-and-run, evading officers and possession of a controlled substance.<\/p>\n<p>Got a Tip?<\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains ongoing. Police asked anyone with information about the incident to contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clovisca.gov\/services\/police\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Clovis Police Department.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Clovis woman was arrested on multiple felony charges after allegedly driving under the influence, striking a pedestrian,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-360325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}