{"id":477,"date":"2026-04-23T15:47:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/04\/23\/teen-boy-dies-after-being-hit-by-car-while-riding-electric-scooter-to-friends-house\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:47:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:47:27","slug":"teen-boy-dies-after-being-hit-by-car-while-riding-electric-scooter-to-friends-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/04\/23\/teen-boy-dies-after-being-hit-by-car-while-riding-electric-scooter-to-friends-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen Boy Dies After Being Hit by Car While Riding Electric Scooter to Friend&#8217;s House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The last call that my aunt and him had was, &#8216;Mommy, I got home from my field trip,&#8217; &#8221; the teen&#8217;s cousin, Karen Torres, said<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/_hi7oob7mOpvjh60XIoAqNV1rI4=\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)\/Angel-042226-7338bcda8c4d430990f0676205b19dcd.jpg\" alt=\"Angel Roman Mendoza LopezCredit: Gofundme\" title=\"Teen Boy Dies After Being Hit by Car While Riding Electric Scooter to Friend's House\" \/><figcaption><i>Angel Roman Mendoza Lopez<br \/>Credit: Gofundme<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A California teen was hit and killed while riding his electric scooter over the weekend<\/li>\n<li>Angel Roman Mendoza Lopez, 13, was on his way to see a friend in his neighborhood after returning home from a field trip<\/li>\n<li>\u201cOur entire family is reeling from this profound and sudden loss,\u201d his cousin, Karen Torres, wrote in a GoFundMe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A California family is grieving after a young boy was hit and killed while riding his electric scooter to a friend&#8217;s house after school.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Karen Torres is speaking out after her 13-year-old cousin, Angel Roman Mendoza Lopez, died after returning to his Pomona home from a field trip on Friday, April 17, she said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-angels-family-during-his-healing-journey\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">GoFundMe<\/a> and interview with ABC affiliate <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/post\/angel-roman-mendoza-lopez-death-13-year-old-boy-riding-electric-scooter-hit-killed-pomona-crash\/18929255\/\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KABC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was a good kid,\u201d Torres told the news station, adding that Angel had \u201ca golden heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The last call that my aunt and him had was, &#8216;Mommy, I got home from my field trip,&#8217; &#8221; she added. \u201cAnd he told her, &#8216;I love you.&#8217; &#8220;<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/1oEWSm3VpJYuHkbfAQ784Jabldc=\/fit-in\/1280x960\/car-accident-042226-2-670cf1082ab343eca46f45a10465bfb0.jpg\" alt=\"Pomona crash sceneCredit: pomona patch\" title=\"Teen Boy Dies After Being Hit by Car While Riding Electric Scooter to Friend's House\" \/><figcaption><i>Pomona crash scene<br \/>Credit: pomona patch<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Tuesday, April 21, the Pomona Police Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=1362262979258869&amp;set=a.224220169729828\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confirmed<\/a> the incident happened at approximately 2:29 p.m. local time in the 1600 block of S. San Antonio Ave.<\/p>\n<p>Angel \u201crode off the sidewalk and entered the roadway\u201d just as a vehicle \u201cwas heading southbound on San Antonio Ave.,\u201d leading to the crash in which the teen \u201csustained life-threatening injuries.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He used to be in the cadets academy. His goal was to one day be a police officer, and he loved, loved soccer,&#8221; his cousin told KABC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\"><strong>PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Torres said the accident happened \u201cthe one day he wasn&#8217;t wearing a helmet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pomona police officers and crew members with the Los Angeles County Fire treated Angel at the scene before he was transported to a hospital where the 13-year-old died on Sunday, April 19.<\/p>\n<p>Signs in the area showed the speed limit was 25 mph. Torres told the news station that she did not know how fast the car was going, but police said the driver did remain on the scene after the child was hit and was cooperative with authorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is currently unknown whether speed, distracted driving or impairment contributed to the collision,\u201d police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the GoFundMe, Angel was remembered as \u201ctruly one of a kind \u2014 a remarkable young man whose unwavering faith illuminated every life he touched.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though he was young, his loved ones said the child \u201clived his life with a beautiful devotion, serving God and embodying kindness, joy and a gentle spirit that made him beloved by all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur entire family is reeling from this profound and sudden loss, and we are struggling to come to terms with a future without his bright spirit among us,\u201d Torres wrote, adding that his immediate family is \u201cenduring unimaginable grief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His cousin added that his family is holding \u201conto the unwavering belief that Angel is now at peace in heaven, and we find solace in knowing that we will be reunited with him one day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The last call that my aunt and him had was, &#8216;Mommy, I got home from my field trip,&#8217; &#8221; the teen&#8217;s cousin, Karen Torres, said Angel Roman Mendoza LopezCredit: Gofundme NEED TO KNOW A California teen was hit and killed while riding his electric scooter over the weekend Angel Roman Mendoza Lopez, 13, was on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everything-else"],"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","cvmm-medium":"","cvmm-medium-plus":"","cvmm-portrait":"","cvmm-medium-square":"","cvmm-large":"","cvmm-small":"","full":""},"categories_names":{"1":{"name":"Everything Else","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/category\/everything-else\/"}},"tags_names":[],"comments_number":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}