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Hit and Run - Killer of Serviceman’s Family Finally Arraigned

By Steven Rodriguez

Nearly a year ago a serviceman, his wife and their young son were tragically killed in a hit and run accident in Riverside County, California, east of Los Angeles. Witnesses told police a speeding truck weaving in and out of traffic lost control on a curve and plowed headfirst into the Chevy Malibu driven by Navy Corpsman Andres Cruz Sanagustin who was stationed at Camp Pendleton. The crash killed Sanagustin, his wife and their 4-year-old son. The driver of the truck, Chad Huber, left the scene of the accident, reported his truck stolen and fled to Mexico. Police investigators later found that Huber had been drinking in a local bar just before the accident. After hunting Huber for five months, police finally caught him late last year when a sheriff’s deputy discovered him driving a stolen car in Rancho Cucamonga...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on July 08, 2009 (boomark / email).