A driver who fled on foot after he fatally struck a man changing a tire in the center divider of southbound Interstate 5 in the South Bay was sentenced Friday to a year in jail and given credit for time served.
Christopher Ramirez Reyes, 30, pleaded guilty last month to hit-and-run in connection with the death last Dec. 15 of 21-year-old Raymart Agsalon Martos of Imperial Beach.
The defendant will be on probation for three years.
A southbound Dodge Stratus struck Martos about 5:30 a.m. in a center median on Interstate 5 near Mile of Cars Way in National City, then crashed into a divider wall, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Martos died at the scene.
The driver of the Dodge, later identified as Reyes, abandoned his car and ran off, CHP public affairs Officer Tony Contreras said.
Investigators tracked down Reyes and arrested him the following evening.
–City News Service
