‘My Only Consolation Is They Were Together’: Family Member Of Father And Son Hit And Killed Along I-80 In N. Highlands Speaks Out

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – CHP officers are continuing to hunt for the hit-and-run operator who killed a begetter and lad on the freeway successful North Highlands connected Monday.

The victims pulled implicit connected Interstate 80 adjacent Madison Avenue, aft moving retired of gas.

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“They told maine my hubby and my lad had some been killed,” said Pixie Charlesworth.

Late Monday night, 2 Chaplains met Pixie astatine her Sacramento home, with the devastating quality that her husband, Donald Charlesworth Jr. 63, and her lad Donald Charlesworth III, 26, are some gone.

“My lone consolation is they were together,” she said.

Scandia worker Daniel Bell saw the fishy who helium describes arsenic bald, shirtless, and had tattoos. The antheral chopped done the mini-golf people and disappeared into the vicinity down the park.

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“I don’t recognize however he’s gotten distant truthful far. I mean, helium was connected foot,” helium said.

It’s a question we took to the CHP who said determination were galore witnesses and the suspect’s motortruck near astatine the scene, which they anticipation leads them to the suspect.

“I benignant of consciousness blameworthy successful a mode determination wasn’t much I could bash astir it,” said Bell.

Pixie is present begging the fishy to travel forward.  She’s promising herself if he’s caught she’ll look him successful bid to get closure.

“Tell your loved ones you emotion them,” she said. “You ne'er cognize erstwhile thing similar this could happen.”

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Authorities said the rider of the GMC suffered large injuries that were described arsenic life-threatening.

Marissa Perlman