Rivara, who was an employee at Maria Montessori Charter Academy, was reportedly driving his children home after swim practice when he saw the mother duck and ducklings struggling to cross the busy intersection, according to KXTV.
The teenage driver was not arrested and the incident is still under investigation, police say. Nobody thinks that they get out to help an animal or a person that they're going to be killed." "He was doing something nice and he ended up dying for it. His and the person who hit him, so I think it's terrible," community member Diane Myerson told KXTV. The Major Accident Investigation Team was activated and responded to the area following the collision and police say the intersection was closed for nearly six hours while authorities conducted their investigation which last until about 2 a.m. Emergency first responders arrived to assist, however the man died at the scene." "The driver remained at the scene of the collision. "This juvenile driver struck the pedestrian who was in the roadway," said the Rocklin Police Department.
The incident occurred on Thursday in Rocklin, California - approximately 25 miles northeast of Sacramento - when the male driver parked his car at the intersection of Park Drive and Stanford Ranch Boulevard when we saw a family of ducks attempting to cross the busy streets, according to a statement from the Rocklin Police Department.īut when the man, identified as 41-year-old Casey Rivara by ABC News' Sacramento affiliate KXTV, got out and tried to shepherd the ducks across the road, a teenage driver who was headed eastbound on Stanford Ranch Boulevard ended up hitting the man as he attempted his good deed.
A good Samaritan who stopped his car to help a family of ducks cross a road in California was struck and killed by a teenage driver, KXTV reported.Ī good Samaritan who stopped his car to help a family of ducks cross a road in California was struck and killed by a teenage driver, police say.
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