A University of California, Berkeley (UC) student identified as Eloi Vasquez was killed over the weekend during a car accident after he left a fraternity party and the police officials confirmed the news on Monday.
He was reported missing since he left the fraternity party from another campus and his family even offered a $50,000 reward to anyone who can bring him back safely. However, he was confirmed to be struck at the Interstate 10 freeway in Los Angeles while he was walking at around 2:25 in the morning on Saturday by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).
According to Reuters, the 19-year-old student was seen leaving the University of Southern California (USC) chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon party on Saturday and he told his friends he wanted to go for a walk. The accident was just a mile away from the USC campus.
Fox News reported that the woman who struck him said that Vasquez ran in front of her car just east of Vermont Avenue and she was not able to avoid driving towards him because he suddenly appeared in front of the car.
The victim was not identified immediately because he was not carrying any identification. The investigation is still ongoing and the driver was reportedly not charged by the LAPD.
Aurora Cardenas, a friend of Vasquez, reportedly got a phone call from the teenager and he asked her to come over and help him. She then asked where he is but Vasquez responded that he did not know which part of Los Angeles was he and that he was lost.
The family of Vasquez has asked for privacy in their time of grieving. Vasquez was a graduate of the Marin Academy high school in San Rafael as per the website of UC Berkeley.