Pedestrian killed after crash near Los Alamos early Saturday identified as Derrick Silvano Wright
Caleb Nguyen
LOS ALAMOS, Calif. (KEYT) – A man identified by authorities Tuesday as Derrick Silvano Wright died after a car hit him near Alisos Canyon just after 2:00 a.m. Saturday, just outside of Los Alamos on the 101 freeway, according to the Santa Maria CHP.
CHP officers found the 37-year-old man originally from Huey Town, Alabama, and living in Santa Maria as a pedestrian in the crash and pronounced him dead at the scene.
Preliminary investigation indicates that Wright walked in the northbound lanes of the freeway when hit by the car. The circumstances leading up to the crash remain under investigation, according to the CHP.
Anyone who saw the crash who wasn’t already contacted by CHP are asked to call the CHP Santa Maria office with further details at the following number.