Growing call for increased road safety after Juliani Moreno's tragic killing in Parlier

PARLIER, Calif. (KFSN) -- On Thursday evening, Parlier City assembly members paused to retrieve Juliani Moreno, the 15-year-old rising shot prima who was killed by a hit-and-run operator successful Parlier connected March 10.

Those successful attendance astatine the archetypal assembly gathering since his decease included Porfirio Santos, his younker shot coach, who reflected connected the joyousness helium brought to the field.

This twelvemonth would person marked the 4th twelvemonth Santos would person coached Moreno successful the crippled of baseball.

"He ever had a smile; a grin that would bring a - adjacent connected your worst time he'd bring a airy to you," said Santos.

That airy tragically darkened connected March 10 aft a suspected DUI operator traveling up to 100 miles per hr deed the 15-year-old Immanuel High Freshman arsenic helium walked with his woman connected Mendocino and Parlier Avenues successful Parlier.

Family and adjacent friends proceed to support ticker implicit Moreno's increasing candlelight vigil astatine the intersection wherever helium took his past steps.

Moreno's abrupt passing marks the 3rd and astir caller Parlier pupil to dice portion walking connected the city's streets successful much than a decade.

In 2015, 9-year-old Diego Estrada was killed portion walking to schoolhouse during a foggy greeting successful January.

In 2023, Parlier 7th grader Fernanda Perez-Almada was deed by a car arsenic she walked done a crosswalk adjacent Parlier Junior High School.

"It could beryllium deadly. It could beryllium truly deadly," said Santos.

The tragic inclination has present acrophobic parents, prompting the City to bash much to support young radical harmless connected Parlier streets and roadways.

"I deliberation much lights could beryllium bully successful our community," said Santos.

Parlier's politician resonated with those fears.

"I was a acrophobic genitor erstwhile my kid would person to locomotion to school, but I cognize there's parents that cannot prime up their kids. We volition enactment done this process to marque definite that are kids person a harmless way to school," said City of Parlier Mayor Alma Beltran.

Next week, the household of Juliani Moreno volition clasp ceremonial services successful Parlier and Reedley.

The household is besides organizing a GoFundMe to rise wealth for those ceremonial arrangements. If you would similar to donate, you tin find much accusation here.

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