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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - It's been a devastating 24 hours for 2 Fresno families whose loved ones were killed successful a clang Monday nighttime erstwhile a suspected DUI operator went done a reddish airy and crashed into a truck, sidesplitting the 2 men inside.
It happened astir 7:30 p.m. Monday connected Belmont and Palm Avenues.
Eugenia Perea said she was waiting for her hubby of implicit 30 years, Robert Castro, to travel home.
"It's shocking. We're each successful daze close now," she said.
Except helium ne'er made it, and alternatively she learned helium was successful a crash.
"He had mechanic work, helium and his person went to a occupation site, helium was connected his mode location and helium ne'er showed up," she said.
Now, alternatively of welcoming him home, she's readying for beingness without him, adjacent raising their teenage children connected her own.
"I'm wounded because, you know, present is, is like, similar I said, you know, the holidays conscionable came and gone. His day is adjacent month. You know, conscionable mixed feelings," she said.
Now, she's trying to larn however to heal.
"We've inactive got to unrecorded our lives adjacent erstwhile he's gone. But we inactive person to determination on. We've got to beryllium strong," she said.
Security footage obtained by Yourcentralvalley.com shows the infinitesimal the suspected DUI driver, 36-year-old Joal Campbell, went done a reddish light, crashing into Castro and his person successful their pickup truck.
It's hard to adjacent spot Campbell's car connected video due to the fact that his headlights weren't adjacent on.
One of Campbell's household members says Campbell was celebrating his birthday Monday nighttime earlier the clang happened, and ignored his household erstwhile they told him helium shouldn't thrust home.
Perea present sending this connection to the antheral accused of costing her hubby his life.
"Why not person a sober driver? Why drinking and driving, particularly knowing that there's a batch of radical here, you know, don't beryllium truthful stupid. Don't beryllium truthful dumb," she said.
Perea says she wants to constitute a missive to aboriginal prosecutors and judges handling this lawsuit urging them to see pugnacious penalties for Campbell.
