Gilberto Sotelo and Rosio Ibarra have been the 2 youngest of 9 siblings.
They have been shut buddies till 2015, when Ibarra and her husband have been killed in a automotive crash in Corona on the 15 Freeway — solely their child, who was ejected from the automotive, survived.
Sotelo, a father of seven, drove to go to his sister’s grave on Sunday, and was heading again to his spouse and children at their house close to Lake Elsinore within the early hours of Monday morning when he ran out of gasoline on the 215 Freeway close to Riverside. A Honda SUV or truck swerved into the shoulder, struck Sotelo and his Chevrolet Silverado and continued driving, based on household and the California Freeway Patrol. Sotelo died on the scene.
“Satirically, they each died in crashes on the freeway,” mentioned Sotelo and Ibarra’s oldest brother, Jesus Sotelo. “I instructed our mother. I don’t suppose she may have dealt with the police knocking on her door a second time.”
The household plans to bury his brother in the identical plot as his sister at Resurrection Cemetery in Rosemead, Jesus Sotelo mentioned. They’re elevating cash for the household.
The CHP has not made an arrest within the hit-and-run case and remains to be hoping to determine the motive force of the Honda in addition to the precise make of the automotive.
Jesus Sotelo mentioned that his brother, who was a mechanic and handbook laborer, had just lately gotten work in Iowa and was contemplating transferring his household out of California.
Gilberto Sotelo drove to his sister’s grave within the previous Chevrolet Silverado he was fixing up earlier than leaving the state, Jesus Sotelo mentioned. The gasoline gauge on the Silverado was not correctly working, based on his brother, which is why Sotelo ran out of gasoline on the facet of the freeway round 1:30 a.m.
He known as his spouse, who was on the scene when her husband was hit. She was in her automotive close by and noticed the Honda swerve, based on Jesus Sotelo.
Gilberto Sotelo was thrown about 30 ft and his spouse discovered him lifeless, the brother mentioned.
The household believes that Sotelo was pickpocketed by a homeless man who was close by. His telephone and pockets have been gone after the crash, based on his brother.
CHP denied the pickpocketing principle however confirmed that a few of his belongings could have been taken.
“It seems any gadgets he had in his possession have been scattered across the space and [he] was not pickpocketed,” mentioned CHP Officer Javier Navarro. “We do have transients within the space that will have grabbed a few of his belongings that models didn’t see after we cleared the scene. We’re investigating the usage of his bank cards at the moment. As of now, we don’t have anybody in custody for the usage of his bank cards.”
