BRIDGEVIEW, Sick. (WLS) — Family members gathered Thursday to recollect a Chicago tow truck driver was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Christmas Eve in Wisconsin.
The sufferer has been recognized as 40-year-old Hussain Farhat, authorities stated.
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The crash occurred round 6:41 p.m. Tuesday on the eastbound shoulder of I-94 east of Sawyer Street in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
Farhat was loading a disabled car on the shoulder of I-94 when he was struck by a blue minivan that fled the scene after the crash, the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Division stated.
Farhat was taken to a neighborhood hospital, the place he was later pronounced useless. He labored for Yaffo Towing in Chicago, the sheriff stated.
It was an emotional night at a vigil in Bridgeview for kinfolk and mates honoring his life.
Family members spoke solely with ABC7 and stated Farhat was a household man who at all times tried serving to these round him. They’re struggling to grasp the loss as the person not too long ago to the U.S. in the past to attempt to create a greater life for his household.
It is a massive loss to my entire village. He is really an enormous loss, and he does have a nickname… he is the village man… he is the man everyone liked.
Haref Farhat, sufferer’srelative
“It is so arduous for me… that is my brother,” the sufferer’s brother, Mohammed Farhat, stated. “All of them right here, that is their brother… so I can not consider that, man.”
The sheriff’s division obtained a tip Wednesday a couple of doable suspect wished within the hit-and-run crash, and a 39-year-old man from Wales, Wisconsin later turned himself in to police.
The suspect, Christopher Sponholz, is dealing with a felony cost for Hit & Run Inflicting Dying, and he appeared in court docket Thursday. Prosecutors stated he instructed mates he initially thought he hit a deer. He is due again in court docket in February.
“You see blinking lights, you see a person within the highway… you place your foot on the brakes, it isn’t a tough factor to do,” relative Haref Farhat stated.
Farhat simply moved to the U.S. three months in the past from Palestine.
“To have a greater life for his household… and his spouse and youngsters, and that principally received lower brief for him,” relative Ashraf Ziada stated.
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Farhat’s spouse can be 9 months pregnant with their third little one.
Now, their family members are rallying round her whereas reflecting on the enjoyment he typically shared with these round him.
“It is a massive loss to my entire village. He is really an enormous loss, and he does have a nickname… he is the village man… he is the man everyone liked,” Haref stated.
Family members will come collectively once more for a funeral service Friday afternoon.
The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Division and the Wisconsin State Patrol proceed to analyze the crash.
No additional data was instantly obtainable.
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