NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. – A memorial was held Wednesday evening at the scene of a crash in northwest Miami-Dade that killed a husband and father last week while he was waiting for the bus he takes to work.
Family and friends lit candles and prayed for 29-year-old Jean Carlos Ruiz.
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"The person who physically had part in what ended in my brother and friend's life should reach out to the family and help them if he can," said Joseph Ochoa, a friend of Ruiz.
Ruiz was hit and killed as he waited for the bus along Northwest 72nd Avenue, just south of S.R. 836, on October 10. Police said Jonathan Eismann, a former restaurant chef and restaurateur in Miami, was fleeing an earlier crash.
Eismann was injured when his SUV hit a power pole. He was treated and released from the hospital.
Wednesday would have been Ruiz's four year wedding anniversary.
Ruiz is survived by his wife and a 1-year-old daughter.
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Charges against Eismann are pending.