A former San Diego Gas & Electric employee learned his punishment Monday for killing a man with his work truck in a hit-and-run crash.
Hector Hoyt, 55, will spend three years on probation and 20 days doing public work services for hit-and-run causing death. As a condition of his probation, he will have to wear an anklet monitor for 180 days.
He pleaded guilty to the felony charge in early September, the day his trial was supposed to start.
On Jan. 6, Hoyt struck and killed Robert Fisher, a 54-year-old homeless man, with his SDG&E truck as he crossed Jamacha Boulevard. The utility employee decided to drive away from the scene instead of waiting for police.
He was not on the job at the time of the crash.
With about two dozen family members at his side for the sentencing, Hoyt told NBC 7 he thinks about Fisher everyday.
"I'm looking forward to putting this behind me and being a functioning member of society again," said Hoyt. "It's been brutal. It's been a bad 2014. I'm looking forward to 2015."
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Fisher's family also sat in the courtroom Monday. During a tense moment, Fisher's son stood up and called out that he was there because his dad was hit. He then walked out.
His relatives have said the hit-and-run charge is not enough, and they plan to sue SDG&E.
