Tracy Press

Six years after a fatal hit-and-run, one mother still searches for the people who left her son for dead.

EDITOR,

My son was killed in a hit-and-run accident at 8:45 a.m. on a Saturday, June 15, 2002. It happened on Interstate 5, between the Tracy Boulevard and 11th Street off-ramps in Tracy. 

This year, June 15 falls on Father’s Day. My son, Brian Sabanal, was 20 years old and the father of a 21-month-old son. 

Brian was working on the Bay Bridge retrofit, and on the day he died, he was on his way to a paintball tournament in Modesto with his best friend. Witnesses said a car switched lanes and struck my son’s truck, pushing him off the freeway. He landed on top of a chicken coop off Clover Road.

A truck driver going the opposite way saw the accident and called 9-1-1. The man and woman who hit my son stopped and got out of their car, but when they saw he was dying, they left the scene.

Six years later, I am still searching for those people who left him to die. I am raising money to put up two billboards and offer a reward for information.

I just want people to know that two people are out there, and I will not give up until I can look them in the eyes and ask, "Why did you leave him to die?"

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written by rdnkbrat , June 17, 2008

I remember reading about that and my heart and prayers go out to you and your family. I wish I could help you get that billboard. All I can do is pray that somebody will come along and help you get that and the horrible people that would leave your son. My daughter had a rollover on 120 last year in commute traffic, landing upside down in the fast lane and nobody stopped for her. Luckily my daughter was okay and I can't imagine the pain that you and your family suffer... just know your all in my prayers, it's all I can offer right now.