Latest on teen killed in road rage fight
Madeline Murray
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) – There is new development in the road rage fight from over the weekend which left a teen dead.
According to the Yuma Police Department’s (YPD) Facebook post, it happened before 8:00 p.m. Saturday in the area of S. Fourth Avenue and 14th Place.
“On Saturday night, the 13th at about 7:57 p.m., YPD, and YFD both received calls for a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian,” said Hayato Johnson, Public Information Officer for YPD.
YPD says it started as a road rage fight between three people.
Officers say the victim was hit by a vehicle driven by his 19-year-old brother. The brother is now being held at the Yuma County Jail on a $500,000 bond.
YPD says there were multiple witnesses, and has a message for the community.
“We encourage everybody to come forward with whatever they have, so we can make a solid case out of this,” said Officer Johnson.
We spoke to locals who share their thoughts on this fatal road rage incident.
“When I was younger, I used to always get scared when I was in the car with my grandpa, and he would get mad at people, and I would be like, ‘Grandpa, don’t flip people them off, don’t do that.’ [He would say,] ‘Oh it’s just road rage, Nobody’s going to do anything,’ and these are the kind of things exactly what I’m talking about,” said Katrina Chevry, a Yuma local.
Chevry expresses how shocked she is someone could harm another person saying, “I don’t even know how you can look at a 17-year-old and get that angry at them, anybody in general, but a kid.”
The 19-year-old suspect is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday.
We’ll be following the case and provide more information as it becomes available.