LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — Family and friends gathered at the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Lehigh Acres to celebrate the life of Ron Wilk, who died in a hit-and-run crash earlier this year.
“He was absolutely-he was loved. He was. I mean, he was a ham. And we all are just enjoying seeing each other and, you know, talking about him and we’re just happy also that, you know, he got justice. And the person that is responsible for this is going to pay for, you know, his crime,” said Wilk’s sister, Megan Wilk.
Wilk died in April after a driver hit him while he was riding his bicycle on East Fifth Street and James Avenue, then drove away from the scene.
The Florida Highway Patrol said they arrested Alex Daniel Briceno Fernandez, 37, earlier this week for the deadly hit-and-run and tampering with evidence…