Father of 8 Struck, Killed on Freeway
A 43-year-old father of eight was struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver early Saturday as he walked back to his car from a call box on the Santa Ana Freeway, CHP officials said.
Jose Calderon of Rosemead had apparently run out of gas while driving south near Magnolia Street about 5:20 a.m. and had eased his Chevrolet station wagon onto the right freeway shoulder, officials said.
Calderon phoned a friend from a nearby call box and was walking back to his car when a drunk driver in a 1995 Honda Acura Integra struck him and crushed him against the back of the station wagon, officials said.
The driver of the Acura, Lincoln Chien, 23, of Irvine, who suffered minor injuries, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, CHP officials said.
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