Driver Arrested for Fatal Hit and Run
Police have arrested a man suspected of killing a truck driver a hit and run in Goleta early Tuesday morning.
The drive of the truck pulled over onto the right shoulder on the 101 northbound and Los Carneros. He was outside of the vehicle when struck by a car. He was taken to the hospital after suffering major injuries in the collision and then pronounced dead.
The driver, Andrew Swanson, fled the scene but was later located at a residence and taken into custody for DUI, Felony Hit and Run and Gross Vehicular Manslaughter. His passenger was also taken into custody for not reporting the incident to police.
LOMPOC - 38-year-old Andrew Swanson, of Goleta is in county jail on charges of felony DUI, felony hit and run, and gross vehicular manslaughter.
CHP investigators say he was driving drunk when he hit a man on the shoulder of Highway 101.
The CHP says 45-year-old Miguel Cabrera, of Lompoc, pulled his tractor-trailer onto the shoulder just south of Los Carneros Road around 12:30 Tuesday morning.
They believe he was having mechanical problems.
They say Cabrera was standing near his big-rig when Swanson, in this pick-up truck, hit him.
Swanson didn't stop, but officers tracked him down at his house a few hours later, and arrested him.
Cabrera died at the hospital.
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