HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—A Huntington Beach local was found and captured Friday, April 15 after being suspected of hitting an elderly man with his car April 14.
Blake Patraw, 23, was arrested Friday on suspicion of fleeing the deadly collision just before 5 p.m on Thursday, at Yorktown Avenue just east of Newland Street, where witnesses said they saw a grey vehicle hit a pedestrian, who was outside the crosswalk crossing north on Yorktown, according to Jennifer Carey of the Huntington Beach Police Department.
The victim was John Carroll Stout, 81, from Huntington Beach, who eventually succumbed to his injuries after being taken to a local hospital.
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