By Carlos Alcalá
calcala@sacbee.com
California Highway Patrol investigators are looking for tips after a hit-and-run driver seriously injured a Samaritan trying to help at an accident scene at the Interstate 5 to Interstate 80 interchange.
Daniel Zipay, 28, of Folsom was struck by a vehicle while trying to put out reflective warning triangles at the scene of an earlier accident. He was taken to UC Davis Medical Center with a broken leg and pelvis.
The incident began shortly before 2 a.m. when the driver of a 1995 Isuzu Rodeo made a turn into the path of a 2003 Ford Crown Victoria taxi on the transition from I-5 to I-80 eastbound, CHP officials reported.
The taxi was unable to stop before striking the Isuzu and knocking it over. The Isuzu came to rest on its roof.
Passengers in the Isuzu and the taxi were taken to the hospital for treatment of lacerations. The Isuzu's driver, Ramon Vargas, 23, of Sacramento, was arrested on suspicion of felony DUI and driving on a suspended license.
Zipay and his brother had stopped to help out at the collision scene, and Zipay was trying to alert drivers when he was hit. The driver of the vehicle that hit him fled immediately, the CHP reported.
Anyone with information on the hit-and-run is asked to call CHP investigators at (916) 338-6710.
Call The Bee's Carlos Alcalá, (916) 321-1987.
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