NATIONAL CITY, Calif. (KGTV) – The crosswalk lights at the site of a fatal hit-and-run in National City are back on and flashing.
Andrea Fernandez spoke with me in early October after her boyfriend, 30 year old Alejandro Contreras, was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver around 2:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning.
“I’m completely broken, feel empty,” said Fernandez in an Oct. 3 interview.
Contreras was making a snack run, and police say he was struck while crossing Sweetwater Road at Orange Street.
The suspected hit-and-run driver was arrested hours later.
Fernandez is four months pregnant with the couple’s first child.
“He was excited to be a dad, and now he’ll never get that chance,” said Fernandez.
Five days after the fatal crash, I met family members at the crash site.
They had been recording video showing the crosswalk lights weren’t working. I also tried to use the crosswalk.
That day, when I pressed the crosswalk button, there was no ‘Walk’ signal. I also saw no flashing lights.