Crime & Safety

San Bruno Man Who Fled Fatal Hit-and-Run Gets Year in Jail

The 58-year-old man also was ordered to pay $25,464 in restitution to the victim's family.

A San Bruno man who pleaded no contest to fatally hitting a pedestrian near Pacifica last year has been sentenced to one year in county jail, according to the district attorney's office.

Leopoldo Tobilla, 58, hit 25-year-old Scott Garrigan on a poorly lit stretch of roadway at Sharp Park Road and Skyline Boulevard at about 1:35 a.m. on Feb. 20, 2011, prosecutors said.

Tobilla left the scene of the crash, and Garrigan's body was struck by a second vehicle, the driver of which called 911.

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After speaking to an insurance agent who told him to return to the scene, Tobilla drove back and was arrested for felony hit-and-run.

A field sobriety test showed Tobilla had .06 blood alcohol level, which is within the legal limit.

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that Garrigan caused the accident, and Tobilla was not charged with voluntary manslaughter.

He pleaded no contest to one count of felony hit-and-run and one count of misdemeanor reckless driving involving alcohol, according to the district attorney's office.

In addition to a yearlong jail sentence, Tobilla was ordered to pay $25,464 in restitution to Garrigan's family.

—Bay City News


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