Arrest Made in Hit-and-Run Case Involving Pedestrian in San Luis Obispo

“On Saturday, August 19, 2023, at approximately 11:30 pm, San Luis Obispo Police Department officers responded to the intersection of Santa Rosa and Higuera for the report of a vehicle that struck a 65-year-old male who was walking across the crosswalk, and then fled the area. The victim was transported to the hospital with significant life-threatening injuries. During the extensive investigation, the driver of the vehicle was identified as 20-year-old Dahlia Dechance Brown.

The investigative report was submitted to the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office on September 19, 2023, and an arrest warrant was issued a week later for Brown’s arrest. On Tuesday, October 3, 2023, Brown was arrested at her San Luis Obispo residence by SLOPD Detectives without incident. Brown was booked at the San Luis Obispo County Jail on the following charges:

VC 20001(b)(2) – Felony hit and run causing great bodily injury or death
VC 14601.2(a) – Misdemeanor driving on a suspended license for prior DUI

Correction: the victim remains in a long term acute care facility out of the area”