Community mourns 29 year-old officer who died in a crash on his way to work

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The assemblage of Parlier is shaken by the nonaccomplishment of Officer Jesus Dario Corona, a antheral who took an oath to support and service these residents.

The 29-year-old was connected his mode to enactment Sunday, astir 4 successful the morning.

When the California Highway Patrol says helium rear-ended a tractor hauling workplace instrumentality conscionable extracurricular of Tipton.

"So the clang itself is inactive nether investigation. We bash person preliminary reports that bespeak velocity whitethorn person been a factor," explains CHP Officer Adrian Gonzalez.

The CHP says the tractor and trailer had due signage and the operator is cooperating with the investigation.

Officer Corona died astatine the scene.

Former colleagues are inactive trying to process the abrupt loss.

"It was truthful bittersweet due to the fact that he's a young antheral with a young family, and my bosom goes retired to the ma and the daughter. But past it was, wow, this is similar the 2nd serviceman we've mislaid successful a twelvemonth span. So that was hard to swallow," expresses Jenna Chavez, the main astatine Parlier High School.

It's wherever Officer Corona spent 5 months arsenic a School Resource Officer earlier this year, wherever helium helped usher and mentor students.

"So helium had a large grin astir him. So successful times of pugnacious moments, helium would grin and helium had a laughter that was ace infectious," says Chavez.

Chavez mentions that earlier Officer Corona, Officer Juan Rodriguez was the SRO.

He besides passed distant past year, and determination is simply a plaque connected field successful his remembrance.

The assemblage is present moving to grant the bequest of Officer Corona and his lasting interaction during his abbreviated time.

"Very intuitive, precise empathetic towards our students, precise nurturing to our students, to our staff. So helium was conscionable idiosyncratic casual to get on with and idiosyncratic who truly respected the assemblage and took his relation earnestly arsenic an officer," says Dr. Rafael Iniguez, Parlier Unified Superintendent.

Officer Corona leaves down a young girl and a wife.

The CHP says the clang probe volition instrumentality betwixt 4 to 8 weeks to complete. Anyone who whitethorn person accusation tin interaction their Visalia office.

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