Tahoe Driver Sought In Santa Rosa Pedestrian Collision: CHP

SONOMA COUNTY, CA — California Highway Patrol asked members of the public Friday to help locate the driver of a Chevrolet Tahoe who is wanted on suspicion of felony hit-and-run in a collision with a pedestrian this week at a Santa Rosa crosswalk. According to CHP Officer Jonathan Sloat, the pedestrian, 68-year-old Idaho resident Kenneth Botai was hit by the Tahoe at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday as he was walking westbound in the crosswalk at the Steele Lane on-ramp to northbound U.S. Highway 101.

Sloat said the Tahoe exited northbound 101 via the off-ramp and proceeded to travel straight through the intersection at Steele and was beginning to enter the northbound on-ramp when it struck Botai.

"After colliding with the pedestrian, the Tahoe accelerated from the scene and failed to stop," Sloat said.

Botai suffered multiple broken bones and head trauma, the CHP says.

A broken plastic light lens cover from the Tahoe was recovered at the scene, and CHP released a photo Friday of the vehicle — a gray 1990s model.

"At this time, there is no additional information to indicate who the driver was," Sloat said. "The CHP is asking anyone with information on this vehicle to call 707-588-1400."

Image via California Highway Patrol