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The Accident And Its Immediate Aftermath On December 13, 2019, Juan Torres, Jr. (Torres) was living with his parents Juan Torres, Sr. (Juan) and Elsa Torres (Elsa), and his brothers Angel and Daniel. Torres got up early that morning and put on his uniform for his construction job, which consisted of jeans, a neon yellow shirt, a bright orange sweatshirt, and multicolored vest with reflective stripes. At approximately 5:45 a.m., Torres went outside to look at a flat tire on Daniel’s car, which was parked across the street from their house. Elsa followed Torres outside and stood in the driveway. As Torres was crouched down to inspect the flat tire, Elsa saw the headlights from a red Hyundai approaching at a high rate of speed and yelled at Torres to “[w]atch out.” Torres heard Elsa yell but did not have time to react. The Hyundai hit Torres, causing him to fly in the air and land on the ground

2 under the back of Daniel’s car. Appellant, who was driving the Hyundai, did not stop or slow down. He continued driving and turned onto a nearby dead-end street. Juan heard Elsa scream and ran outside. She told him what had happened and urged him to block the dead-end…