Calls for change after second deadly crash in days at Fresno County intersection

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Two deadly crashes astatine a Fresno County intersection successful conscionable 8 days person neighbors calling for change.

The crashes took the lives of a 25-year-old Kaiden Bailey and 16-year-old Sandro Lazo, leaving their families devastated.

Joseph Benton lives conscionable a steps from wherever a 16-year-old was deed and killed portion riding his motorcycle Thursday nighttime astatine Fowler Avenue and Perrin Road.

"Now a household has to spell connected the remainder of their beingness without their son," said Benton.

He and his woman rushed implicit erstwhile they saw a damaged motortruck and a crowd.

"When we arrived connected the scene, helium was unconscious my woman kneeled down and was praying for him," recalled Benton.

The California Highway Patrol says Lazo was riding his motorcycle on Perrin astir 7:30 p.m. connected Thursday night.

They accidental helium turned his motorcycle southbound onto Fowler successful the way of a Dodge Ram Truck.

The motortruck did not person a halt motion and deed the teen.

Lazo's abrupt decease comes conscionable days earlier helium was expected to commencement his inferior twelvemonth astatine Buchanan High School.

Clovis Unified released a connection that read, successful part:

"Our hearts are dense arsenic we learned contiguous of the unexpected loss... A intelligence wellness squad volition beryllium disposable for students erstwhile they instrumentality to school."

The clang happened conscionable days aft another deadly clang astatine the aforesaid intersection that took the beingness of Bailey.

Dressed successful achromatic and carrying achromatic balloons, friends and household gathered astatine Todd Beamer Park to retrieve the 25-year-old.

The parkland is simply a spot filled with blessed memories for those who knew Bailey.

His ma says helium spent hours determination skating erstwhile helium archetypal came to the US from Australia arsenic a 12-year-old.

CHP says Bailey was deed and killed astir 11:30 p.m. connected July 31 portion lasting adjacent to a stopped car connected Fowler Avenue.

Bailey's ma said her lad had household and friends crossed 2 countries that are devastated by his loss, and quote:

"The happiness and the emotion that helium dispersed volition beryllium remembered for the remainder of our lives. The symptom of losing him volition beryllium determination everlastingly arsenic well."

In the aforesaid connection she called for alteration connected the Fowler, wanting to spot the velocity bounds lowered.

Benton besides wants to spot cars dilatory down successful beforehand of his house, and a halt motion added to Fowler astatine Perrin truthful helium doesn't person to spot anymore lives mislaid truthful adjacent to his home.

"I deliberation these agrarian areas request a batch much halt signs and a batch much constabulary presence," said Bento.

Both crashes stay nether probe but neither are believed to beryllium DUIs.

Action News did scope retired to County Supervisor Nathan Magsig due to the fact that that intersection is successful his district.

He says helium alert of concerns successful the area, but wasn't disposable for an interrogation connected Friday night.

A funeral service volition beryllium held for Bailey astatine 3 p.m. connected Friday, August 16.

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