Alfonso Cerda
Alfonso Cerda
Age 45    Inglewood, CA    October 08 2012
Comments: 1

Source: Friends and family of a bicyclist killed in a crash with an L.A. County Sheriff's patrol car gathered for a candlelight vigil Tuesday evening. They came to remember 45-year-old Alfonso Cerda, a beloved father and brother, and to demand answers about his death. There's a growing memorial with candles, flowers, and a white bicycle at the crash site in the 3500 block of West 107th Street in Inglewood. Cerda's girlfriend, Adriana Ortiz, was on the phone with him when he passed away. She says he called her from a cell phone while pinned under the patrol car. "I have it on my cell phone," she said through tears. "I stayed with him for almost eight minutes, screaming, 'Where are you? Where are you? What happened?'" Cerda was riding his bicycle around 1:30 a.m. Monday when deputies say they thought he pointed a gun at them. They chased after him in their patrol car, and say they accidentally ran over him while trying to pull their car in front of his bike to stop him from fleeing. But family members say they don't buy the deputies' story. "He doesn't do that kind of activity. It just doesn't happen," Christopher Cerda, one of Alfonso Cerda's three children, said. "He's never had a gun, I've never known for him to have guns and it just sounds like they're trying to cover themselves," he added. "Now, it's like, the only time I'll be able to see my dad is when I dream," son Alfonso Cerda Jr. said. "The only time I'll be able to talk to my dad is in my mind." The family is demanding a change in the sheriff's department's practices regarding stopping and chasing people on bicycles. Cerda's brother, Alvaro Cerda, pledged to get justice and the full story behind his brothers' death. "They claim there was a weapon," he said. "But the only weapon found was the sheriff vehicle that rolled over my brother." The Inglewood Police Department, with help from the Sheriff's Department's traffic services detail, is investigating the crash

Collision Data

Crash time: between midnight and 2:59 a.m.

Closest Intersection:

Land use: Urban

Road type: Collector

Where on the road the collision happened: Road

Collision type: Cyclist side/Car front end hit

Driver Data

Vehicle type: Automobile

If truck: Unknown

At crash time driver was: Don't Know

Sources

Source: News Report
Type: TV
Pos/Neg: Neutral
Link if Website: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-deputy-crash-inglewood,0,263748.story

Legal Status

Legal status: No charges filed
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Civil Suit filed?:
Settled?:
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Comments:

  • alvaro cerda October 28 2012

    My brother was killed for no reason. I meet with the top sheriff’s and they lied to my face about the real facts. I will be calling for another meeting and will share facts. My brother did no need to die. Not for a routine stop. No reason..no gun….. can the police do what they want… i want to have a vigil in the name of all those victims who have been hurt and were not willing to fight back. I now know and feel the pain. Lets put a vigil and show the police we are united. And professional people ride bikes everyday and even f
    After 1am.

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