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Morris Turner Arrested on Vehicular Manslaughter and Felony DUI After Pedestrian Is Killed in Vallejo

Police cite possible impairment, with a court-ordered blood sample collected as evidence.

Overview

  • Officers were called just before 1:10 a.m. to Sonoma Boulevard north of Meadow Drive for a reported collision.
  • Responders found a man unresponsive in the roadway, and he was pronounced dead at the scene with his identity withheld pending next-of-kin notification.
  • A preliminary investigation indicates the 48-year-old American Canyon resident struck the pedestrian.
  • Turner remained at the scene and was transported to a hospital, where investigators executed a warrant for a blood draw.
  • Vallejo police recorded the death as the city’s 13th fatal traffic collision of the year, and the case remains under active investigation.