SDG&E DRIVER ARRESTED FOR FATAL HIT AND RUN

Photo courtesy ECM news partner 10 News

January 23, 2014 (El Cajon ) – El Cajon Police have arrested Hector Hoyt, an SDG&E worker who is accused of fleeing the scene after striking a 54-year-old man crossing Jamacha Road on January 6. 

Hoyt was driving his SDG&E utility truck at the time. SDG&E has indicated that Hoyt is no longer an employee and that he was not using the vehicle for company business at the time of the fatal crash.

The victim, Robert Fisher, was left lying in the street in the darkness, where he was then struck by a second vehicle and died at the scene.  The second driver called 911 and cooperated with police.

ECM news partner 10 News reports that Fisher was a transient.

Hoyt had previously been convicted of driving under the influence in 2005, according to 10 News.  He was arrested yesterday while on his way home.