On Thursday, July 8, 2021, at approximately 3:32 AM, Fullerton Police Officers responded to the area of Harbor Boulevard and Orangethorpe Avenue regarding a subject down in the eastbound lanes of Orangethorpe Avenue.

Upon arrival, Officers located an unresponsive male in the eastbound lanes of Orangerthorpe Avenue with significant injuries possibly related to a traffic collision. Unfortunately, the male was pronounced deceased on-scene by paramedics. The identity of the deceased male will be released at a later time by the Orange County Coroner’s Office. No other involved parties in the traffic collision remained at the scene.

At approximately 4:12 AM, Fullerton Police Officers located a white Ford sedan with major collision damage in an area south of the crime scene. Officers contacted the alleged driver of the vehicle, Katya Gladys Garcia-Ayala, a 24 year old female from Tustin.
A Drug Recognition Expert responded to the scene and conducted a Driving Under the Influence investigation. Garcia-Ayala was subsequently arrested for felony hit and run as well as driving under the influence.

Fullerton PD Accident Investigators responded to the scene and are actively investigating.
Anyone with information about this hit and run collision is encouraged to contact Fullerton Police Investigator H. Barclay at (714) 738-6815. Those wishing to provide information anonymously can call the Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1(855) TIP-OCCS or can visit their website at www.occrimestoppers.org .