Family says Minneapolis police didn’t notify them after crash left 61-year-old relative seriously hurt

MINNEAPOLIS — The household of a person critically harm in a crash early Wednesday morning is searching for solutions. They are saying they weren’t notified of the accident that left their cherished one preventing for his life at an space hospital.

The crash occurred simply after midnight at East thirty eighth Road and Portland Avenue, in south Minneapolis’ Powderhorn neighborhood. One driver, a 33-year-old man, died on the hospital. The opposite driver, 61-year-old Jose Herrera Garcia, was hospitalized in vital situation. 

Investigators say that dashing possible performed an element within the crash. 

By a area people chief, Clementina Tovar, Garcia’s spouse, mentioned that her husband is in “very fragile well being.”

“The medical doctors informed her at the moment that they can not function as a result of his mind is simply too swollen proper now,” mentioned Victor Martinez, the group chief.

Garcia was driving dwelling from work when the crash occurred. Tovar is upset as a result of though the crash occurred simply blocks from her dwelling, nobody notified her. 

She discovered of the crash practically a day later after a seeing a tv information story. 

Tovar and her goddaughter went to thirty eighth and Portland, and so they discovered Garcia’s sneakers and glasses on the scene. 

“She mentioned it was very irritating as a result of she was doing her personal investigation,” Martinez mentioned. 

The household is looking for extra law enforcement officials to be placed on the streets. They are saying that officers can’t assist victims of crime like them if they’re too busy answering name after name. 

“We’re asking the governor, we’re asking town officers to have extra officers, as a result of there appears to be this sense of lawlessness with these individuals dashing round our group,” mentioned Reyna Bahena, Tovar’s goddaughter.

Group leaders say this isn’t the primary time a Latino household has had no assist from police when a cherished one is the sufferer of a criminal offense. 

“Folks have to know that this simply would not impact one group of individuals or one group, it impacts all people,” Martinez mentioned. 

Garcia is the one breadwinner for a household of 10. A fund has been set as much as assist with bills till he can work once more.