Funeral services were held Monday at 1:00 p.m. for a father and son killed by a suspected drunk driver on Halloween night in Long Beach.
The father nearly died immediately after he, his wife and their three-year-old were hit by an SUV that jumped onto a sidewalk where they were walking.
The driver was identified as 20-year-old Carlo Navarro of Long Beach. He's now facing three possible manslaughter charges and is free on bail.
The mother of the child was identified by the Long Beach Police Department as 32-year-old Raihan Dakhil of Long Beach. She and her three-year-old son, Omar, both died Saturday morning.
The father of the toddler was 30-year-old Joseph Awaida, a resident of Long Beach.At the time of the accident, Long Beach Fire Department personnel were the first on the scene and began administering life-saving measures to the family. All three were transported to local hospitals, where the father died.
According to a statement by authorities, Navarro was driving a 2002 Toyota Sequoia, traveling southbound on Country Club Drive approaching Los Cerritos Park when he failed to negotiate a turn in the roadway, drove up onto the sidewalk, and struck the family, who were walking southbound on the west sidewalk of Country Club Drive.
Anyone who may have info regarding this incident is asked to call Long Beach Police Department Collision Investigation Detective Sirilo Garcia at (562) 570-7355.
Any residents in the area who may have video surveillance of the collision or of the vehicle driving prior to the collision are asked to contact Detective Sirilo Garcia via his email at sirilo.garcia@longbeach.gov.
Anonymous tips may be submitted through “LA Crime Stoppers” by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), downloading the “P3 Tips” app to your smart phone (available at the Apple App store and Google Play), or visiting www.lacrimestoppers.org.