Gilberto Sotelo, 38, of Lake Elsinore, was putting gas in his Chevrolet Silverado on the shoulder of the 215 Freeway in Riverside after he ran out of fuel in the early morning hours of Aug. 7... As he was filling his tank, the driver of a 'Honda sport utility truck' struck both Sotelo and his truck before fleeing, troopers said. Sotelo was pronounced dead on scene.
The driver, identified as Giovanni Ceja, 31, who was a Bexar County, Texas, deputy, was on vacation in California and driving a relative's car while under the influence of alcohol, the Bexar County Sheriff's Office said.
Sotelo's family remembered him as 'a great man.' 'He was willing to do anything and everything for anybody,' Sotelo's wife, Myra Basulto, told the outlet in August.
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