LOCAL : Fatal Accident Witness Sought
Cypress police are looking for an ice cream truck driver who may have witnessed the death Monday of a 5-year-old boy who was struck by a pickup truck as he tried to cross the street.
The boy may have purchased a snack from the driver of the truck that reportedly frequents the area, Cypress Police Sgt. Sandy Stanton said today.
The driver of the pickup truck, Craig Ibanez, 34, of Lakewood was questioned at the scene by police officers. He was not cited in the accident, Stanton said.
But, she added, the investigation is continuing, and police are anxious to interview the unidentified ice cream truck driver.
Bren Mangubat, who lives in Cerritos, died of massive head injuries from the 5:39 p.m. accident in the 4200 block of Opal Avenue, Stanton said. He was visiting friends in Cypress at the time.
Ibanez was driving his “slow-moving truck” when Mangubat suddenly darted out into the street and was hit, Stanton said.
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