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ATWATER, Calif. (KFSN) -- A antheral was killed portion helium was trying to assistance a alien successful request adjacent Atwater implicit the weekend.
28-year-old Abraham Bustos Guzman was deed by a car aft helium stopped to assistance a antithetic operator who had crashed into a guardrail.
"It feels similar a nightmare. It doesn't consciousness right, it doesn't look right," said Jose De Jesus Dustos, Guzman's father.
A household breached by a devastating car crash.
The California Highway Patrol says 28-year-old Abraham Butos-Guzman was southbound connected Highway 99 adjacent Atwater a small aft 4 connected Sunday morning.
Abraham was connected his mode location from enactment erstwhile officials accidental helium noticed an SUV that deed a guardrail.
That's erstwhile Abraham pulled implicit to cheque connected the driver, 22-year-old Sincere Collins, and the passengers successful the vehicle.
Officers accidental during that clip different driver, 23-year-old Yessica Partida, crashed into the SUV and struck Abraham.
Both drivers are suspected of driving nether the influence.
"No 1 should person to unrecorded done what I'm going through. The nonaccomplishment of a kid is hard," said Silvia Bustos, Guzman's mother.
"I whitethorn person mislaid the beingness of my lad but I'll ever person him successful my heart,"
Guzman's household says helium was a airy successful this world.
They present look the harsh world of explaining his decease to his young nieces and nephews.
"They inquire questions and you benignant of person to prime and take what you say," said Guzman's sister, Alejandra Bustos.
"He was conscionable precise progressive successful each of their lives. He loved being an uncle."
The household says they find immoderate bid knowing Abraham died doing what helium loved.
"He was ever idiosyncratic you tin trust connected for help. No substance what it was, nary substance the clip of time oregon night," said Braulio Bustos, Guzman's brother.
Merced Police Sergeant Mark Jenkins says Abraham was conscionable months distant from becoming a constabulary officer, a imagination he's had since helium was young.
"I had the privilege of mentoring him. I person the privilege of knowing his family, and I've travel to emotion each of them," said Sgt. Jenkins.
"So, it's much than conscionable losing an explorer, it was losing a friend."
Partida is inactive successful custody and facing felony DUI charges.
Collins has been released with charges pending.
Guzman's household has acceptable up a GoFundMe page to assistance with this abrupt loss.
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