- Video shows Alejandro Vargas with his family and events to serve the community after his death
- In 2019, Alejandro Vargas died after being hit by a vehicle on Niles Street. To remember his five year death anniversary, his family plans to hold an event to feed the homeless in his honor.
Five years ago Alejandro Vargas was hit and killed in a crash here in East Bakersfield.
In recognition of his death anniversary on Sunday, his family organized an event for the community, which they say would make Alejandro proud.
Giselle Vargas says her favorite memory with her brother, Alejandro Vargas, is a trip to her grandma’s house in the car.
“We were in the car and he was taking a video,” she said. He was like, ‘I’m with my princess.’ He would call me his princess, and I loved whenever he would call me that because he was my favorite brother.”
But, the car also represents one of her worst memories, the night she drove with her family to Niles Street where Alejandro was hit by a vehicle.
“It was so quiet. No one was talking. Alvin was crying. I was just looking outside the window, thinking, “What happened to my brother?’” she told me through tears.