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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Central Valley cyclists rode their bicycles Wednesday crossed the Clovis to retrieve the lives of 2 Fresno County teens deed and killed portion riding their bikes, and to rise consciousness of the dangers they look connected the roads.
They hosted the planetary soundless and somber Ride of Silence hosted by the Fresno Cycling Club.
They peddled Wednesday night, not for the emotion of the sport, but to basal with lives lost.
"Today's conscionable a practice of the symptom that we're going through," William Lazo, who mislaid his teenage son, said.
It's a information that helium and chap begetter Parjodgh Singh unluckily cognize each excessively well.
"It's a nonaccomplishment that is going to haunt america forever, it's thing that's ne'er going to heal, adjacent though we are trying," Singh said.
Both fathers lost their sons implicit the past twelvemonth erstwhile cars deed them portion riding their bikes.
It was conscionable past period successful April erstwhile 13-year-old Agamjodh Singh Cheema was killed connected Bullard and Armstrong avenues erstwhile helium was riding his motorcycle and was deed by a car.
"Yesterday was his birthday; helium would person been 14 today," his dada said.
And it was backmost successful August 2024 erstwhile 16-year-old Sandro Lazo was deed by a car connected Fowler and Perrin. He died astatine the hospital.
Their fathers are present saying they don't privation immoderate different household to spell done this benignant of hurt. Lazo said helium is hoping helium tin marque changes and person authorities leaders to marque the intersection wherever his lad died a four-way stop.
"There's different calamity conscionable waiting to happen. And they're not doing capable to enactment a halt motion there. And we conscionable don't cognize what other to do," Lazo said.
Before the ride, the cyclists held a Moment of Silence for teens whose lives were mislaid excessively soon. Their fathers anticipation this acquisition helps propulsion drivers to beryllium safer portion connected the roadworthy crossed the valley.
"We person to person that consciousness among drivers. If you spot a biker, bicyclist going successful a motorcycle lane, dilatory down," Singh said.
This was a planetary lawsuit with rides conscionable similar this 1 taking spot crossed the world.
