Suspect Arrested In Deadly La Mesa Hit-Run

LA MESA, CA — A 61-year-old man was behind bars Thursday for allegedly fleeing after the pickup truck he was driving struck and killed an 18-year-old pedestrian in La Mesa.

Scott Douglas Satterfield of Spring Valley was arrested at a Mission Valley motel Wednesday in connection with the death of Jok Joseph Jok on Feb. 27, according to police.

Shortly after 9 p.m. that day, Jok was found lying gravely injured on the eastern edge of Bancroft Drive, just south of Golondrina Drive in a neighborhood near Mount Helix, La Mesa Police Department Lt. Greg Runge said.

Paramedics took the San Diego resident to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Investigators determined that Jok had been struck by a vehicle and identified Satterfield as the alleged hit-and-run driver via surveillance video that captured images of his white Ford F150 in the area at the time of the traffic fatality, according to police.

Satterfield was being held at San Diego Central Jail on $100,000 bail pending arraignment, scheduled for next Thursday.

— City News Service