EXCLUSIVE: Valley mother grieves son after he was hit and killed by suspected DUI driver

MADERA, Calif. (KFSN) -- A heartbroken Valley parent lashes retired with harsh words for the operator suspected successful her son's death.

"You took my life. You took my baby. You took everything from me, and I privation you to rot successful hell," said the grief-stricken mother.

Sebastian Reyna tragically died arsenic helium had lived, helping idiosyncratic oregon something, when helium was deed by a suspected drunk driver.

"I conscionable privation to hug and buss him and I'm atrocious helium had to dice similar that. I emotion you, Sebastian, I emotion yo,u my baby," said Reyna's mother, Consuela Abalos.

Detectives judge Reyna was being a bully Samaritan erstwhile helium was killed Monday nighttime successful Madera, conscionable 2 days aft his 25th birthday.

"It would look that the unfortunate had seen an injured canine and was successful immoderate mode trying to assistance oregon standby with the injured dog,"

Consuela Abalos said Sebastian was the beingness of the party. He ever lit up the country with his smile. But present her satellite is acheronian without him due to the fact that of 1 man's careless decision.

"He was young. He was lone 25 and they had to instrumentality my baby. He was specified a bully kid, helium worked, helium did everything," said Abalos.

Authorities said 57-year-old Paulino Vasquez was driving nether the influence, doubly the ineligible limit, erstwhile helium crashed his conveyance into Reyna.

Vasquez was arrested and booked into the Madera County Jail connected manslaughter and DUI charges. Police said this is Vasquez's 2nd clip being arrested for driving nether the influence.

Abalos has been supported by friends and household since this heartbreaking tragedy.

This is the 2nd clip she's mislaid a child. Sebastian's older member passed distant successful 2022. As she faces the harsh world of burying her son, again, Abalos wishes she had 1 much infinitesimal with her saccharine boy.

"It's painful. It's heart-wrenching and I can't beryllium without my baby, it's truthful hard. I privation him backmost truthful bad," said Abalos.

To assistance with ceremonial costs, the household has acceptable up a GoFundMe page.