Hit and Run Update
updated: Jan 21, 2013, 11:16 AM

Source: CHP

CHP is asking people to be on the lookout for a 2010 to a 2013 White Hyundai Tucson.

Vehicle was involved in a fatal hit and run traffic collision on 01/15/2013 on US-101 in the Santa Barbara Area. Vehicle is missing the left side driver mirror and a piece of the plastic front bumper. Vehicle possibly has left front and left side contact damage from the impact. The missing parts are circled in the above picture. Subject may be attempting to repair vehicle or replace left mirror. Be on the lookout for a party ordering or requesting a left mirror and/or front bumper for a 2010 to 2013 WHITE HYUNDAI TUCSON.

If observed or located contact the CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL SANTA BARBARA AREA at (805) 967- 1234.

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Comments in order of when they were received | (reverse order)

FLICKA	2013-01-22 07:17 AM
Hope the driver doesn't get away with it. Please let us know if he/she is caught.
ROGER DODGER	2013-01-22 07:50 AM
What about the rumors that he was droped off by others in another vehicle on the side of the highway in the first place?
COMMENT 366046	2013-01-22 09:15 AM
Get away with what? It's hardly a punishable offense when you hit someone walking in freeway lanes, where a person isn't supposed to be. For there to be a crime, it presupposes the victim was in the right. The only crime committed was fleeing the scene of an accident, which will more than likely be dropped.
COMMENT 366079	2013-01-22 10:22 AM
046: Why run if it wasn't your fault? And hit & run is still hit & run, regardless of whether the person you hit wasn't where they were supposed to be. Little kid runs out in front of my car & I kill them & drive off, I'm pretty sure I'm a horrid human being & in quite a bit of trouble. But maybe this situation is ok because it's an adult. Remember when the drunk people were crossing near Earl Warren & got hit, then the driver took off & was captured later? Yeah, he got in trouble for that even though the pedestrians were drunk & in the middle of a not well-lit road, away from the crosswalk. (Admittedly, he was house arrest/probation/something, but still. He got in trouble because IT WAS WRONG.)
COMMENT 366127	2013-01-22 11:51 AM
Remember to notice cars in driveways under car covers that weren't covered previously. My neighbor hit and ran on our street, 2am. Other neighbors came out the next day with all kinds of details "It was so loud I was just sure everyone heard it. the scrapping was so loud...he didn't travel far." Sure enough, less than 50 yards away, under a car cover.

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