Connor Penhall, the 21-year-old son of world champion motorcycle racer and CHiPs TV series actor Bruce Penhall, was struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver while he was working on a closed section of the I-10 freeway in Baldwin Park, according to a news report.
The California Highway Patrol said that Tatsuhiko Sakamoto, 37, of Arcadia, was arrested on charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, felony DUI and driving without a license. According to the CHP, Sakamoto drove his Toyota Rav4 through orange traffic cones on a closed section of westbound I-10 and hit Connor Penhall, who was part of a roadwork crew. Penhall was pronounced dead at the scene.
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