A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy has been charged in the fatal crash death of a 12-year-old boy.
Isaiah Rodriguez, 12, was killed when an off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy collided with a vehicle he was riding in 2021, authorities said.Darren Arakawa said."Isaiah was an innocent child. He didn't stand a chance in that crash."
Rodriguez was riding in a vehicle in the suburb of South Gate on Nov. 3, 2021 when another vehicle being driven by Castro collided into his at the intersection of Firestone Boulevard and San Juan Avenue just before 4 p.m. Authorities estimated that Castro, who was off-duty at the time, was driving at speeds of around 95 mph when he hit the Mercedes carrying Rodriguez and his sister Alexa.
People from a nearby car wash rescued the victims from both vehicles. All were rushed to a hospital where Rodriguez died. The boy and his sister were headed to a store to purchase a ruler for a classmate who was being bullied, his mother said. "My son didn't deserve this he was only 12. I had to have his birthday without him… holidays without him… I'm never going to see him graduate… go to college… get married… and there's no words that could describe the full essence of who he was, and nothing could ever replace him," she said.
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