‘Superdad’ dies after pushing wife and son out of car’s way; reward offered to help find driver
LA TimesAngelica Chavarria, holding her 2-year-old son at a news conference, asks the driver who struck and killed her husband, Jemmy Chavarria, to turn himself in. Before impact, Chavarria pushed his wife, Angelica, and tossed his 2-year-old son, Zion, out of harm’s way, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Police are now offering a $50,000 reward to find the hit-and-run driver, who Angelica Chavarria, during a news conference Thursday near the site of the Feb. 26 collision, tearfully said never attempted to stop. Ryan Moreno described Jemmy Chavarria’s actions as “an amazing act of heroism.” Chavarria, he added, “was able to have the presence of mind to actually shove his wife out of harm’s way as best he could and basically get his son out of the way by tossing him back over toward the sidewalk area.” The community “lost a ‘superdad,’” L.A. City Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson told reporters. While other motorists stopped to allow the family to cross, the “impatient” driver heading north on Hoover went around traffic into oncoming southbound lanes when the collision occurred, said Jay Hom, a captain with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Discover Related
