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SPRINGVILLE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A Tulare County family's plea to prosecutors aft a subordinate of their household was killed successful a clang earlier this twelvemonth is getting viral attraction connected societal media.
The Silvia household says beloved member and son, Raul Silvia Jr., was killed portion riding his motorcycle adjacent Lake Success connected July 25, astatine the intersection of Highway 190 and Success Valley Drive. Since then, they person been appealing to the District Attorney to complaint those responsible.
According to the family, Raul, his parent Denise, his member Joshua, and his begetter Raul Sr. were riding location successful abstracted vehicles on Highway 190 connected the nighttime of the crash. Raul Jr. was riding successful beforehand connected his motorcycle with his parent pursuing instantly behind.
Denise says she witnessed her son's past moments firsthand.
"My archetypal absorption was, they're not going to stop," Denise said. "Right arsenic helium tries to move, they deed him."
Denise says she pulled implicit and was aboriginal joined connected country by Raul Sr. and Joshua, who were not acold behind. The full household says they were connected country wrong minutes of each other. When CHP officers arrived, Denise says they questioned her astir the car's speed.
"He asked me, 'How accelerated bash you deliberation they were going? 2 oregon 3 miles per hour?' No, they were going similar 45, 50. They deed my lad hard," Denise said.
Raul Silvia Jr. was pronounced dormant astatine Sierra View District Hospital successful Porterville conscionable 2 hours later. The Silvia household describes him arsenic a hard-working, intelligent and funny idiosyncratic who cared profoundly for his family.
"He was beauteous overmuch the glue that held this household together," Raul Silvia Sr. said. "We had him for 27 years and we're grateful for that."
Raul Jr.'s younger brother, Joshua, says the motorcycle assemblage successful Springville held a memorial thrust for his member and filled the section religion for his ceremonial service.
In the weeks pursuing the crash, the Silvia household says they waited to perceive updates from CHP aft voicing their concerns astir the operator of the car progressive and the investigation.
"We ended up talking to a lawyer," Denise said. "The lawyer had told us, beryllium prepared due to the fact that if they didn't bash a sobriety test, astir apt it's going to beryllium conscionable considered an accident."
Raul Sr. says CHP investigators mismanaged the probe of the crash, and his household agrees that the operator of the conveyance should person been held accountable.
"I get that [CHP] are nether unit to unfastened up that road, but my lad died that night, and they should person done more," Raul Sr. said. "From the infinitesimal they showed up connected scene, they conscionable started kicking worldly around. I would've thought they would've started taking pictures: they didn't."
After 3 months of waiting, Joshua Silvia took to societal media and shared his family's story.
According to Denise, Joshua's video caught the attraction of the Tulare County District Attorney's Office.
In a statement, the CHP says that their officers bash not remark connected ongoing oregon progressive investigations - but erstwhile the probe is completed, a afloat study volition beryllium submitted to the DA's bureau for the imaginable filing of charges.
The Tulare County DA's Office says it has requested further investigative accusation successful the incidental and volition stock much erstwhile a filing determination is made.
