The son of soap star Antonio Sabàto Jr. and Oscar-nominated actress Virginia Madsen has been arrested for a fatal hit-and-run accident in Alaska while he was delivering food, according to police.
Jack Sabàto, 32, was allegedly driving a white Chevy Tahoe when he hit and killed Carl Simmonds near an intersection in Anchorage around 5:35 a.m. Monday, according to charging documents obtained by KTUU.
He allegedly fled the scene — but later called cops to say he hit “something” that “suddenly appeared in the road” while he was “doing late-night DoorDashing,” according to the docs.
The bespectacled, heavily-tatted Sabàto appeared in court Tuesday charged with leaving the scene of an accident without assisting the injured and leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in injury or dєatᩚh.
He is the son of Antonio Sabàto Jr., a model and former “General Hospital” actor, and Virginia Madsen, who received an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress for her role in 2004’s “Sideways.”
Madsen’s brother is the late Michael Madsen, who famously starred in Quentin Tarantino’s “Reservoir Dogs,” “The Hateful Eight” and “𝘬iᩚll Bill” movies.
“We all just found out the terrible news and our family is digesting this horrible news and asking for privacy in this devastating news. Thank you,” Sabàto Jr. told TMZ.
Officials discovered a body in the road about 15 minutes after the 𝔠r𝘢sh and declared Simmonds dead at the scene.
Investigators recovered surveillance footage of the collision and tracked the vehicle registration to Sabàto’s home address, where a neighbor told cops he was at work.
Police found the Tahoe parked at Sabàto’s workplace around 12:45 p.m. with “fresh damage to the right front corner that was consistent with a pedestrian strike,” according to the charging document. Police obtained a warrant and seized the car.
Sabàto then called police about two hours later claiming he hit an animal with the SUV and wanted to speak with officers, according to the documents.
He said he was on his way home from “doing late night DoorDashing” when “’something’ suddenly appeared in the road” and his headlights went out.
Sabàto said he knew he hit “something” but did not want to check because he did not have insurance. He decided to call the police, he said, because he “knew the worst.”
Sabàto was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident without assisting the injured and leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in injury or dєatᩚh.
Sabàto was arraigned in court Tuesday afternoon at the Anchorage Jail Courtroom, where a judge set his bail at $5,000, according to KTUU.
He additionally received a no-driving order and was threatened with an additional $5,000 penalty if he fails to show up for future court dates.
