Update: Ex-Vinson Sailor Killed in Car Crash; Drunk Driver Suspected

Update April 30 with information on Roy's most recent naval assignment.

After finishing pregame ceremonies at their Imperial Beach Little League game last year, Brady Roy, 5, and his brother Christian, 8, were told to turn around and give the pitcher the ball.

Instead they were surprised by their father Chief Petty Office Robert Roy, who had just finished a seven-month deployment with the USS Carl Vinson, which is homeported at North Island Naval Air Station.

On Sunday morning around 3 a.m. an allegedly intoxicated driver rear-ended a 2013 Dodge Charger, pushing the car into a grass median where it flipped several times, the Florida Highway Patrol told northescambia.com.

Robert, 33, was thrown from the car and killed. Two other people in the car suffered minor injuries. Another is reportedly in serious condition.

The driver, 25-year-old Brianna Strum, fled the scene but was later arrested by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, the news website said.

In late May 2012, Roy’s wife, Jessica, told IB Patch:
“Your house is never full unless everybody’s home, and the boys always know that there’s somebody missing when he’s not home, and it's just basically an emotional fulfillment when everybody’s here.”

Roy was an Imperial Beach Little League coach, said league secretary Elizabeth McCay.

He is no longer assigned to the USS Carl Vinson, a Public Affairs Officer for the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier said. Roy was a resident of Pace, FL according to northescambia.com.

He was most recently assigned to Naval Air Station Whiting Field and managed vehicles that transport equipment to aircraft, said Public Affairs Officer Jay Cope.

Whiting Field is the busiest Naval Air Station in the world, according to the Navy.

A memorial may be held at the Florida base within the next week to honor Robert's memory, Cope said.