Community mourns 15-year-old Parlier boy killed in crash

PARLIER, Calif. (KFSN) -- A 15-year-old lad was struck and killed Tuesday nighttime successful Parlier erstwhile constabulary accidental a operator ran a halt motion and plowed done an intersection connected Mendocino Avenue.

Police identified the unfortunate arsenic Juliani Moreno, who was crossing the thoroughfare with his girlfriend, Mercedes, astatine the clip of the crash. She asked not to beryllium shown connected camera but described the infinitesimal the conveyance came toward them.

"I was holding his hand. We were walking enarthrosis to enarthrosis here. It each went by truthful quick. It was similar an detonation and it deed my limb and helium was nary wherever adjacent to me," she said.

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Residents and witnesses described proceeding the convulsive impact.

"I was sitting down successful the room array eating and that's erstwhile I heard large bang noise," said Parlier nonmigratory Rene Lopez.

Aerial footage shows however acold the car traveled aft hitting Moreno, portion information camera video captured the vehicle's velocity conscionable moments earlier it crashed into a angiosperm store down the street.

Parlier's constabulary main called the incidental among the worst helium has seen.

"This was a unspeakable scene. I've been successful this concern for 38 years that's its tragedy," helium said.

Police identified the operator arsenic 35-year-old Tiffany Mercado.

Investigators said she was nether the influence, though they person ruled retired alcohol.

Cameras captured Mercado appearing unsteady portion performing a sobriety test.

She is facing charges including gross vehicular manslaughter and felony driving nether the influence.

Residents accidental the clang underscores long-standing concerns astir speeding connected the engaged roadway.

"Down this street, you spot kids walking each azygous time and families walking successful the afternoon. People are scared," said Hermina Mendez, who owns the angiosperm store wherever the conveyance came to rest.

Moreno is the 3rd kid to dice aft being struck by a car successful Parlier. Loved ones and assemblage members gathered to mourn him, describing the precocious schoolhouse freshman arsenic having "a bosom of gold."

At the clang site, candles were arranged to spell retired "long unrecorded Juliani" arsenic the assemblage continues to mourn his loss.

He had precocious transferred to Immanuel High School to play football.

"He loved football. He was going to beryllium specified a bully shot player," said Mickayla, a friend.

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