Vigil Held for Boy, 8, Killed While Riding E-Scooter in Chula Vista

Vigil held for boy, 8, killed while riding e-scooter in Chula Vista

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) -- An 8-year-old boy was tragically killed in an e-scooter accident in Chula Vista earlier this week. The accident occurred on Sunday, July 13, at a residential condo, where the boy was struck by a car. The crash pinned the boy underneath the vehicle, and despite neighbors' efforts to lift the vehicle using a jack, he did not survive. Friends and family gathered for a vigil Tuesday night to remember the young boy…

8-year-old boy killed while riding scooter in Chula Vista identified

An 8-year-old boy who was riding a stand-up electric scooter when he was fatally struck by a vehicle in Chula Vista over the weekend has been identified. Mattviel Rodriguez died shortly after officers received a call just before 2:15 p.m. Saturday of a crash in a condo parking lot off Tango Road in the city’s Otay Ranch neighborhood, investigators said. Officers said the boy was riding a scooter when he was struck by a vehicle and pinned underne…

Family of child killed in Chula Vista e-scooter accident speaks out

Family members of an 8-year-old trapped under a car and killed while riding an electric scooter over the weekend spoke out publicly on Tuesday for the first time. At the scene of the accident on Tango Loop in Chula Vista, some 70 neighbors gathered on Tuesday to pray for the family of Mattviel Rodriguez. “I just want to say thank you to our community,“ the boy’s uncle Ivan Rodriguez said. “You guys heard me out here. It was not a pretty sight.” …