Kwaba ngentsasa elandelayo, emva kwengozi, apho usapho lukaBertha Lazcano lwafumanisa okwenzekileyo kumama wabo nomfazi wabo.
Umama oneminyaka engama-58 ubudala onabantwana abane noninakhulu wabantwana ababini wayeqhuba imoto yakhe ebuyela ekhaya ngemoto i-US 290 ngokuhlwa komhla we-11 kuSeptemba xa ilori eyayisecaleni kwakhe yatshayisa umqobo wokwakha. Iveni yaphaphazela yaza yawela phezu kweToyota RAV4 kaLazcano, yambulala ngoko nangoko.
“Enye yezona zinto zibangela ukuba kubekho ukungavisisani kwesi sivumelwano kukuba olu sapho aluzange luqonde nokuba lulahlekelwe ngumatriarch wosapho lwalo de kwaba kusasa ngengomso,” utshilo igqwetha losapho, John Ramsey. “Oko kwakusemva kweeyure ezimbalwa emva kokuba [umqhubi] evunyelwe ukuba aye ekhaya aze alale ebhedini yakhe ngobo busuku.”
Umqhubi yayingu-Orlando Reyna oneminyaka engama-40 ubudala, inqununu yesikolo iMadison High School eHouston ISD, ngoku ojongene netyala lokufa ngokungafanelekanga elifakwe lusapho lukaLazcano.
UReyna uxelele amapolisa ngobo busuku ukuba wayeqhuba imoto yakhe ebuyela ekhaya evela eBrick House Tavern kumgca wasekhohlo ngexesha awayefika kulo umqobo - uhlobo olusecaleni kwendlela yokuphuma esetyenziswa zizithuthi zokwakha kuphela ukuya kwindawo yokwakha ngaphakathi komgca ophakathi. UReyna wala uvavanyo lweBreathalyzer xa amapolisa efika, ngokwetyala. UChris Tritico, omele uReyna kuzo naziphi na izityholo zolwaphulo-mthetho ezinokubakho, uthe umncedisi wegqwetha lesithili ugqibe kwelokuba akukho sizathu saneleyo sokuba amapolisa ayalele ukuba kutsalwe igazi, kuba uReyna wayengabonakalisi zimpawu zokunxila. Ngoko ke wayekhululekile ukuhamba.
Ebuzwa ngengxelo kaReyna malunga nendlela eyenzeke ngayo ingozi kwasekuqaleni, uTritico uthe uReyna akanakukhumbula ukuba yenzeke njani kuba wenzakele entloko.
Amagqwetha athi uphando lwamapolisa luyaqhubeka kwaye okwangoku akucaci ukuba zeziphi iziphumo, ukuba zikhona, uReyna aza kujongana nazo ngenxa yengozi. Yiyo loo nto kanye uRamsey wathi usapho lukaLazcano lugqibe ekubeni lufake ityala - ukuze luzive luvaliwe. Kubo bonke ubomi bakhe, uLazcano nomyeni wakhe babenenkonzo yokuhambisa impahla kwaye yena wayengumqhubi welori. Wayenevenkile yakhe yokutyela. Wayengumthengisi wezohambo. Kwaye ngenxa yomsebenzi onzima, wafaka abantwana ababini ekholejini, kunye nabantwana ababini abancinci, abaneminyaka eli-19 nengama-23 ubudala, babhalise ekholejini ngexesha lokufa kwakhe.
“Wayeyintliziyo nomphefumlo wolu sapho,” utshilo uRamsey, “ngoko ke olu sapho luye lwafumana intlekele engachazekiyo. Andicingi ukuba baya kuze bakwazi ukuvala isithuba sokuba uNksk. Lazcano abashiye kungekudala kangaka.”
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