Sean Alexander Nava.
Officer Sean Nava was killed after he was struck by a drunk driver, on I-5 near Carlsbad, while assisting at a previous accident on I-5, in Carlsbad. Officer Nava was standing in the median approximately six feet from the travel lanes when the incident occurred. He was flown to a local hospital where he died a short time later.
After the collision, the suspect fled the scene, but was later arrested and charged with DUI, hit and run, and manslaughter. A passenger in the vehicle stated that the suspect was aware that he hit something on the freeway before he fled the scene.
The 20-year-old driver was returning home after a night of drinking in Tijuana, Mexico. In 2002 he was convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter, hit-and-run, and sentenced to 11 years.
In 1999, Officer Nava had been awarded the Spirit of Courage Award for his attempts to save a man from a burning vehicle.
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Officer Nava gave the California Highway Patrol 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of California. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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