An aspiring National Guardsman was struck and killed by an alleged drunk driver at a California bus stop just days before his 20th birthday, according to police and his heartbroken family.
Ricky Ray Reyes Jr., 19, was pronounced dead at the scene after the unidentified driver jumped the sidewalk and plowed into him while he waited for the bus at Del Paso and El Centro roads in North Natomas Wednesday afternoon, according to the Sacramento Police Department.
Reyes, a deli worker and former Junior ROTC cadet who devoted his weekends at the Army National Guard Base in Sacramento, had just finished a tour at a local trade school when he was tragically killed, his devastated loved ones said in a GoFundMe , which has since raised more than $22,000. 3
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