The tragedy of a Hispanic family in northeast Philadelphia is still latent after a driver escaped from justice ran over one of their own, just 17 years old.
Those close to Yomar Rivera, run over on Monday night while riding his bicycle to the family home, urge the authorities or whoever may have served as a witness to offer details that help put an end to this chapter.
The grandmother of the deceased told TELEMUNDO 62 that they plan to bury the body of the young man, a basketball fan, dressed as an athlete “in the same grave of my mother who died on July 13, 2020.”
Family and friends of 17-year-old Jomar Rivera, run over by a hit-and-run driver, urge justice in north Philadelphia.
Milly Wilmo, the grandmother of the affected person and who has offered details in search of answers, added that “the Police have not given us any details, simply that a pick up truck hit him and he sat for about half an hour, when the body arrived the ambulance. But he arrived alive and lasted 38 minutes alive in the hospital ”.
Visibly moved, the woman added about the evaded driver that “if he stops and helps him, my grandson would still be alive. I would like to know that it is delivered please ”.
First of all, what happened, the residents of the area assured that this type of accident is very normal at the intersection of the boulevard and Adams Avenue because there are no speed or surveillance cameras.
“All week there are like one or two accidents that happen here in this corner,” Luis Cruz revealed to which another of the neighbors, Juan, stressed that “the cars that go and those that come with the bumpers almost fall on the balcony of home”.
A study carried out by the Philadelphia city council revealed that 156 people lost their lives in a traffic accident in 2020. This is an increase of 18% compared to 2019. Cameras were placed on the boulevard to monitor traffic speed, but right at this intersection there is no such technology.
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