Local News in Brief : Westminster : Witnesses Sought in Hit-and-Run Fatality
Authorities are looking for witnesses to a hit-and-run accident Friday that killed motorcyclist Jerry Thomas Sweet, 27, of Culver City.
California Highway Patrol officials said Sweet was traveling north on the San Diego Freeway near the Newland Street overpass when his motorcycle was struck from behind by a car about 12:45 a.m. Sweet apparently fell beneath the car, which then dragged him about 100 feet. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Theodore Ramond Paulsen, 25, of Huntington Beach was arrested the same day in connection with the accident but was later released. No charges have been filed against Paulsen.
The suspect in the accident is believed to have been driving a blue 1968 Pontiac Firebird, CHP spokeswoman Leslie Hill said.
Hill described the suspect as a white male in his mid-20s with red hair and blue eyes and weighing about 145 pounds.
Anyone that may have information about the accident is asked to call CHP Officers Howard Whitmore or George Boulton at (714) 892-4426.
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