A father of three was killed on Father’s day in a hit-and-run while helping to push a stranger’s broken down Jeep. The incident happened just after 11 p.m., June 17, in Escondido, California.
Octavio Escatal, 38, had stopped to help a 70-year-old driver and his family whose Jeep Grand Cherokee had broken down in one of the lanes of Highway 78 near a stop light. The two men happened to be friends from Escondido High School, reported NBC San Diego.
As the two men were pushing the Jeep, a Toyota Rav4 crashed into a car behind the Jeep, which hit Escatal.
