Carjacking suspect arrested after hit-and-run crash on PCH in Malibu

A carjacking suspect who stole a truck hauling portable toilets was arrested on Sunday afternoon following a hit-and-run crash on the Pacific Coast Highway In Malibu.

Santa Monica police say that the commercial vehicle, a Ford F550 truck that had a trailer with multiple bathrooms as cargo, was taken at around 2:50 p.m. from Third Street and Arizona Avenue near the Third Street Promenade.

The victim had the car taken as the suspect, who hasn’t yet been identified, simulated having a weapon during the carjacking, police said. He was last seen driving northbound on PCH before California Highway Patrol officers were alerted to a collision that happened near Big Rock Drive…

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