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CARUTHERS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - People successful Caruthers are near devastated aft a section store proprietor was killed successful a car mishap connected Friday.
"He was really, truly a bully person. He was idiosyncratic you would privation to enactment yourself around, similar helium was a friend," Smith said.
Harbans Singh Lehra was killed extracurricular of his store, the Elkhorn Market successful Caruthers.
California Highway Patrol said a large rig crashed into his pickup truck, arsenic the 80-year-old was pulling retired of the parking lot.
Wesley Smith shared the infinitesimal helium saw the large rig, hauling almond shells, flipping onto its side.
"I looked retired the model and that's erstwhile I started seeing the semi commencement going to its side, truthful I ran extracurricular and I didn't adjacent person shoes on," Smith said.
"Me and my relative here, we helped get the semi operator retired from the beforehand windshield," Smith said.
Smith past ran implicit to the pickup truck, to a shocking sight.
"It was heartbreaking. I was I was hardly capable to speech to 911, archer him what thoroughfare we're on. Everything, just, it near my mind. I couldn't retrieve the street," Smith said.
The assemblage staple was gone, and his woman was successful the rider seat— fortunate to beryllium alive.
Smith said Mr. Singh touched galore lives.
"Almost each different day, we'll spell down and drawback a mates sodas, maine and my relative and speech to him for a mates of hours earlier heading backmost location to play immoderate games. He truly enjoyed talking to us," Smith said.
Smith said helium cared profoundly for his community, moving his concern for 2 decades.
In his last moments, radical rushed to connection the aforesaid emotion and attraction helium gave to them.
"At slightest 2 oregon 3 radical from each location connected the thoroughfare was determination trying to help. And it conscionable it looked similar however overmuch helium meant to people," Smith said.
