Alaska dad killed in an alleged hit-and-run by a washed-out Hollywood son was on the way back from visiting his partner in the hospital, the victim’s family revealed.
Carl Simmonds, 42, had just left the hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, Monday morning when Jack Sabàto — the 32-year-old son of actress Virginia Madsen and Antonio Sabàto Jr. — slammed into him around 5:30 a.m. while delivering for DoorDash and sped off into the pre-dawn darkness, prosecutors alleged.
Simmonds leaves behind a teenage daughter, his uncle Isaac Simmonds told The Post on Wednesday.
“We’re trying to gather together. With Carl, he has a lot of friends and family. They’re all hanging together,” Isaac Simmonds told The Post.
Isaac Simmonds said he isn’t sure if or when the family will be ready to forgive Sabàto, who allegedly fled the scene after the crash.
He later called cops to say he hit “something” that “suddenly appeared in the road” while he was “doing late-night DoorDashing,” according to charging documents obtained by KTUU.
Sabàto said he did not want to stop his vehicle and check because he did not have insurance. He decided to call the police, he said, because he “knew the worst.”
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 “Kill Bill” movies.
Alleged victim Carl Simmonds — a native American — was an avid hunter who worked several jobs after graduating high school and always put his family and community first, his uncle said.
“I was shocked … I just saw him a couple of days ago,” Isaac Simmonds said.
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 death.
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.
“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.
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