Family identifies Fresno County man killed in Go-Kart hit and run crash

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A household is heartbroken aft a clang takes 1 of their ain successful Fresno County.

The California Highway Patrol said authorities responded to calls of a antheral being deed portion driving a Go-Kart connected Mountain View Avenue adjacent Peach Avenue connected Saturday morning.

Family has identified the unfortunate arsenic this man-- 38-year-old Kenneth Owens.

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When deputies arrived, Owens was unresponsive and died astatine the country of the crash. The driver, who authorities said didn't halt to spot if Owens was okay, is said to person been driving a Toyota Tacoma pick-up truck, precise akin to a (the) exemplary shown here.

"There's perfectly nary mode successful our caput that the enactment did not cognize they deed idiosyncratic oregon something." Mike Salas with the CHP said it's chartless if the operator of the Tacoma knew Owens. "That's what we are saying, this Toyota Tacoma volition astir apt person immoderate benignant of beforehand damage."

Salas adds that the operator of the Tacoma is facing 2 felony charges for vehicular manslaughter and deed and run.

Rachelle Resendez is Owen's sister. She said helium lived successful the country wherever the clang took spot and utilized the Go-Kart, that is not thoroughfare legal, to get around.

She adds her member loved Halloween, and helium enjoyed moving astatine Hobb's Grove during the autumn season. She shares he'll beryllium missed by many.

"He's had a batch of friends, reaching out, a batch of household members, you know, adjacent cousins, siblings. So, it decidedly has really, truly affected a batch of people," said Resendez.

The outpouring of emotion and enactment has been helping her household to get done this hard time.

Resendez said arsenic she hopes for justness for her brother, she holds onto the puerility memories made years ago.

"He's really the 1 who taught maine however to thrust a bike. Taught maine however to ascent trees, get successful each ounce of occupation we could truthful a batch of bully memories with him," said Resendez.

The CHP is encouraging anyone with accusation astir the clang to travel guardant and punctual imaginable witnesses that you tin stay anonymous.

The household has acceptable up a donation leafage to assistance with ceremonial arrangements, click here if you'd similar to help.

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