KCBD TV reporter Patricia Villacin, 24, arrested for running over man's leg with TV station van

A TV reporter was arrested for hitting a pedestrian in the station van and leaving him seriously injured.

Patricia Janelle Cun Villacin, 23, was seen by a witness hitting a man in the KCBD van on Thursday last week.

She was later arrested by police, who said she didn't stop for the injured man after 'running over his leg' in Lubbock, Texas.

 

Patricia Janelle Cun Villacin, 23, was seen by a witness hitting a man in the KCBD van on Thursday last week

 

She was later arrested by police, who said she didn't stop for the injured man after 'running over his leg' in Lubbock, Texas

The victim, 24-year-old Taylor Hammond, was taken to local Covenant Medical Center where he was treated for injuries that were serious but not life-threatening. He has since been released.

She is now charged with a third-degree felony count of failure to stop and render aid.

The reporter was arrested last Thursday and the station has since removed her bio page from its website, in the section listing reporters.

Dan Jackson, the station's vice president and general manager, gave A-J Media a brief statement, saying: 'We're fully cooperating with authorities and waiting for them to gather the facts,' reports the Lubbock Avalanche Joual.

Lubbock Police Lieutenant Ray Mendoza said she hit the man at around 6.30pm on Thursday at a pedestrian crossing near main road South Loop 289 and Slide Road. 

He added that the status of the traffic signals at the intersection was not immediately clear, Mendoza said. The crash remains under investigation.

Mendoza said a witness followed the vehicle and took down its license plate number.

Police located the vehicle at the station. Investigators took photos of the vehicle but left the SUV with the station, Mendoza said.