Christopher Lopez was traveling in a vehicle with his wife, Guadalupe Gutierrez, when he was killed after a boulder smashed through the windshield of their car.

Lopez, 23, was riding in with his family in Pasadena, CA., Tuesday, and authorities are seeking a suspect who may have dropped the deadly object on purpose.

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According to the California Highway Patrol, 21-year-old Guadalupe Gutierrez and her husband, Christopher Lopez, 23, were in their Toyota Corolla on the 134 Freeway and were passing under Orange Grove Boulevard in the westbound carpool lane when the 35-pound boulder hurtled through the car’s front windshield. source

Lopez, who was in the passenger seat, was struck by the large rock.

Gutierrez’s mother and the couple’s 4-year-old daughter were also in the car, a CHP spokesman said.

Gutierrez immediately drove her injured husband to a local hospital, but he was pronounced dead after their arrival.