Derek

Background

Derek is a minor character in GTA San Andreas who works behind the counter at the Gasso filling station in Dillimore, Red County. He is voiced by Benjamin Byron Davis.

Events of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Derek appears only in Tanker Commander. After CJ and Catalina drive off with a tanker full of fuel from his station, Derek is pushed into chasing them by a co-worker who rides along and shoots at the rig. Derek clearly wants no part of it and keeps complaining during the pursuit, shouting that this is not his fight and that the big truck will flatten them.

His fate is up to the player. CJ can stop and gun him down, or wreck his car until it blows up. If CJ ignores him and brings the tanker to Mr. Whittaker's RS Haul depot, a cutscene shows Derek losing control and ploughing into a gas station, which explodes. Derek and his partner both dive out in time and survive, although they can still be killed once the mission is over.

Personality

Derek is nervous and reluctant, more worried about his own safety than about the stolen fuel.

Trivia

• He has no unique model and uses the look of a common well-dressed pedestrian found across San Andreas.
• His voice actor, Benjamin Byron Davis, later voiced Dutch van der Linde in Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption games.