Richard David Lavalle, 59, was charged with murder in the December 2020 death of Noel Bascon, a boy who'd been in a crosswalk near Tewinkle Park when Lavalle's truck allegedly ran a stop sign.
‘He Needs to Be Locked Up For Life. Mother Mourns Son Killed in Suspected DUI Crash The suspected driver, Richard Lavelle, was charged with murder. Investigators say he had a prior DUI in 2013. By Vikki Vargas and Lorena Bourdevaire Casillas •
Published December 9, 2020 •
Updated on December 10, 2020 at 1:21 pm
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A mother recounts the tragedy that she and her husband went through after her husband says he witnessed their 12-year-old son being run over by a suspected DUI driver.
Eleanor Bascon says her husband saw the car coming and realized that it was not going to stop. He tried to get the driver’s attention, but he couldn’t stop him.