A woman who was extradited from Australia to face charges stemming from a deadly hit-and-run crash in Whittier is set to be arraigned Monday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.
Andrea Dorothy Chan — also known as Andrea Dorothy Reyes and Andrea Dorothy Reyes Chan — was charged in September 2017 with one felony count each of hit-and-run driving resulting in death or serious injury to another person and vehicular manslaughter in connection with the Jan. 30, 2017, crash that killed Agustin Rodriguez Jr.
The 35-year-old woman is also facing a misdemeanor count of destroying or concealing evidence.
Chan was brought back to the United States by the U.S. Marshals after a lengthy extradition process.
She was allegedly behind the wheel of a white Lexus sedan that struck Agustin Rodriguez Jr. while he was biking in the area of Calmada Avenue and Flomar Drive, according to Laura Eimiller of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office.
Rodriguez was dragged “under the car for a long distance,” Eimiller said. The 46-year-old man died at the scene of multiple blunt force injuries, according to the coroner’s office.
Chan allegedly had her vehicle fixed and stored in Idaho before leaving the country, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Authorities found the Lexus in a residential garage in Idaho, according to Eimiller, who added that additional information was found in Nevada.
The woman was living in Hong Kong when the FBI obtained an international arrest warrant, and the agency later determined that she had moved to Australia, according to the FBI.
Chan was arrested in Adelaide, Australia in April 2018.
She is being held on $1 million bail, jail records show.
She is set to appear in a Bellflower courtroom, and could face a potential state prison sentence of more than 11 years if convicted as charged, according to the District Attorney’s Office.