Pacifica Man Enters Plea in 2014 Deadly Hit-and-Run

PACIFICA, CA- A Pacifica man pleaded no contest this week to fleeing after hitting and killing a pedestrian with his truck in Daly City in 2014.

Joro Petrovmoray, 41, entered the plea in the courtroom of Judge Elizabeth Lee as he was about to stand trial for hit-and-run causing death, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said Monday. In exchange for the plea, Petrovmoray faces a sentence of no more than two years in prison.

Petrovmoray struck and killed 77-year-old Jose Rosel, who was crossing state Highway 35 in a crosswalk near Westridge Avenue at about 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 4, 2014, prosecutors said. After the crash, he fled out of fear that he would be held responsible for the collision.

Rosel was pronounced dead at the scene, but witnesses provided investigators with a good description of the Ford F-150 truck that hit him.

Daly City police released the description publicly and asked for assistance in finding the truck. That led them to an auto body shop in San Francisco where Petrovmoray sold the truck to hide his involvement, prosecutors said.

He was arrested in February 2015 and charged with the single count of hit-and-run causing injury or death.

Petrovmoray is set to return to court for sentencing on May 7 but remains free for now on $50,000 bail, Wagstaffe said.

— By Bay City News Service.  Image via Shutterstock.