CA Father Of 7 Victor Herrera ID’d As Victim In Weekend Long Beach Hit-And-Run Witnessed By Family

LONG BEACH, CA. (THECOUNT) — Victor Herrera, of Long Beach, CA, has been identified as the father of seven, killed while walking home with his daughter.

Herrera, 40, was walking from a market to his residence, with his 12-year-old daughter, when the deadly hit-and-run occurred in a crosswalk at the intersection of Orange Avenue and East Market Street.

The pair was in a crosswalk at the intersection of Orange Avenue and East Market Street when Herrera got into an altercation with a driver, according to Long Beach police.

Family members of a 40-year-old father and husband who police say was hit and killed by a driver with whom he had a brief argument gathered to mourn him Monday near the spot where he died over the weekend. source

Family members said all of Herrera’s seven children witnessed his dying moments after running to help their father last Saturday night.

Anyone with information on the fatal incident should contact police at 911.