LONG BEACH, Calif. - A 7-year-old boy died in his father's arms Tuesday when he was struck by a car as the pair walked across the street in a marked crosswalk in Long Beach."To lose your son in such a horrible way, such a horrible way to lose a child," Francisco Garate said.His son, 7-year-old Gabriel, died instantly in his arms after he was struck Tuesday around 5:20 p.m.
at the intersection of Lakewood Boulevard and 23rd Street.They were on their way to the park across the street to play baseball. RELATED: 7-year-old boy fatally struck by car while walking in crosswalk with dad"We did everything right, we were walking to go play ball.
Crossing the street. We were walking and the car just took him," recalled Garate.Gabriel Garate and his father Francisco Garate.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s investigators said Gabriel and his father were crossing Lakewood Boulevard eastbound on 23rd Street when the driver of a Dodge pickup truck failed to yield to them in the marked south crosswalk.