Great-Grandfather, 78, Killed In Latest Fatal Hit-And-Run Across Region

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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A 78-year-old great-grandfather was 1 of the latest victims of deadly hit-and-run clang investigations successful our region.

Photos of Rogelia Ruiz Fraga were posted connected an online fundraiser for his ceremonial expenses.

The household wrote connected the leafage that Fraga was connected his greeting locomotion to the store erstwhile helium was hit, not once, but doubly astatine the Fruitridge Avenue and 24th Street intersection. He was killed.

Surveillance video from a adjacent concern shows 1 motortruck halt connected the thoroughfare aft hitting Fraga.

The Sacramento Police Department reports a 2nd operator besides whitethorn person deed Fraga, leaving him dead, and past drove off.

Marc Hinch is simply a backstage researcher and retired California Highway Patrol serviceman who investigated hit-and-runs and says astir each hit-and-run crashes are random, not targeted.

“Usually, you’ll spot the agencies scope retired to the nationalist for help,” Hinch said. “In my experience, hit-and-runs are caused by radical that, they fly the country due to the fact that they’re not licensed, oregon they don’t person insurance, oregon they’re intoxicated, and successful galore cases, each three.”

There person been a rash of deadly hit-and-run crashes successful our portion successful caller weeks.

Besides the probe into Fraga’s decease Saturday, a 24-year-old antheral was hit and killed crossing the thoroughfare successful Stockton the aforesaid day.

A pistillate was hit and killed successful midtown Sacramento connected November 1.

And a precocious illustration hit-and-run crash killed a large grandma connected Lemon Hill Avenue successful September. All of them stay unsolved.

“After a fewer weeks, it’s going to beryllium astir intolerable unless you got that idiosyncratic with a conscious, ‘Hey man, I can’t support holding onto this information,’ ” Hinch said.

Sacramento constabulary records amusement determination person been 11 fatal hit-and-run collisions successful their jurisdiction to day this year, and lone 1 of those has resulted successful an arrest.

Lives person been chopped short, and suspects velocity distant leaving families successful symptom and successful hunt of answers.

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These hit-and-run investigations are each categorized arsenic felony homicide investigations. They volition not spell distant until idiosyncratic is caught.