DENVER — The family of a motorcyclist who was fatally struck in Denver is calling for harsher charges against the driver.
Alejandro Cruz, 26, was killed after he and his 16-year-old nephew, Isaac Rivera-Cruz, were hit while riding a motorcycle near South Federal Boulevard and Harvard Avenue on Oct. 5.
According to Cruz’s family, the two had gone to buy some food a few blocks away for a family dinner. The family said the motorcycle was traveling southbound on S. Federal Boulevard when a vehicle failed to yield at a left turn and struck the duo.
Cruz Family“It just hurts that it had to happen like that. And that, that had to happen in general,” Rivera-Cruz said.
Rivera-Cruz is still recovering from the physical and emotional pain of that night. He still remembers the moment it happened.
“The car came at us, and then it hit us from the side. And then after that, it just sent me flying across the street,” Rivera-Cruz recalled, fighting back tears. “I just wanted them to check on my uncle.”