Escondido Police officers arrested an Escondido man Saturday in reference to the hit-and-run loss of life of an 11-year-old boy on November 26.
Hector Balderas Amador, 44, was booked into the Vista Detention Facility Saturday on suspicion of felony hit and run inflicting loss of life. The car concerned within the crash was additionally recovered, based on police.
Officers responded Wednesday at about 5 p.m. to the 400 block of East Washington Avenue, on the intersection of Hickory Street, the place they discovered Aiden Antonio Torres De Paz injured after being struck by a car within the roadway in entrance of his home, based on Lt. Craig Miller.
Miller mentioned the motive force then left the scene.
Witnesses mentioned Aiden went into the road to retrieve a soccer ball when he was hit.
He was transported to Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego the place he succumbed to his accidents Thanksgiving morning, police mentioned.
“We are grateful and appreciative for the belief and partnership our police division shares with the neighborhood, which aided within the identification and arrest of the motive force on this tragic incident,” Escondido Police Chief Ken Plunkett mentioned.
Balderas was listed on the jail log Saturday as being held in lieu of $50,000 bail, with an arraignment scheduled for Wednesday in Vista Superior Court.
–City News Service
