HOUMA – A 40-year-old illegal immigrant is charged in the drunken driving hit-and-run death of a pedestrian who was struck by a car and killed alongside La. 182 early Saturday morning, police said.

Victor Santiesteban was more than one-and-a-half times over the legal limit when he stuck and killed 64-year-old Walter Hebert Jr. at about 2 a.m. Saturday and left the scene of the crash, State Police said.

Hebert was walking west in front of the New Horizon bar at 713 La. 182 when he was struck from behind by a west-bound car, State Police said.

A bouncer at the bar told police Hebert, who was walking on the shoulder of the road about five feet from the fog line, had been hit by a red, four-door car.

Hebert was pronounced dead at Terrebonne General Medical Center shortly after the collision.

Soon afterwards, a Houma Police officer on patrol in the area noticed a red 1993 Dodge Spirit parked in front of a house at 155 1/2 La. 182, according to trooper Gilbert Dardar, a spokesman for State Police Troop C.

The car had serious damage, including a smashed windshield, and police arrested Santiesteban after knocking on the door and finding him covered in pieces of broken glass, Dardar said.

Santiesteban registered a blood alcohol content of .129, more than one-and-a-half times the legal limit of .08, police said.

Though he could not say what country he is from, Dardar said Santiesban is an illegal Hispanic immigrant with no driver’s license.

Santiesteban is charged with vehicular homicide, a charge that includes drunken driving, felony hit-and-run, no driver’s license, illegal alien operating a motor vehicle, no insurance and improper lane usage.