Search On For Suspects After Beloved Grandfather Killed In Crash On Southern State Parkway – CBS New York

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Police are searching for the occupants of a stolen automobile and a second automobile that have been working so erratically, they induced a deadly crash on the Southern State Parkway in West Babylon on Monday.

A 75-year-old Holbrook grandfather misplaced his life. Police stated the individuals within the stolen automobile bought away within the second automobile.

CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff spoke with the sufferer’s heartbroken household.

It was a devastating sight on the Southern State for a mom and daughter who occurred to be driving by.

“She says, ‘What’s daddy’s license plate quantity?’ And he or she begins calling out the letter one after the opposite, and she or he says, ‘Oh my God, that’s daddy,’” stated Carol Riggs, the sufferer’s spouse.

Richard Riggs (Photograph: Riggs household)

“Horrendous. I used to be in a state of shock, and my daddy, he died immediately,” Samantha Guglieri stated.

“I used to be leaving my husband on the highway and there was nothing I may do,” Carol added.

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Carol was married for 5 a long time. Her beloved Richard, 75, was all the time on the highway as a salesman of auto components.

On Monday, close to Belmont Lake State Park, witnesses say two erratic drivers in a Vary Rover and a Jeep weaved out and in of site visitors for miles, chopping off different drivers. As they dangerously handed between two automobiles, Richard Riggs misplaced management and struck a tree.

State police say the 2 individuals within the Vary Rover bought into the Jeep and fled, including the Vary Rover they left behind was stolen.

“We’re distraught, we’re heartbroken, inconsolable,” Guglieri stated.

“This was homicide. I have a look at it because it was homicide. They killed him. They took him away from his household and altered all people’s life,” son-in-law Chris Agerenza added.

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Described as a mild large who had no plans of retiring till he turned 80, Richard Riggs was a grandfather and champion of two deaf daughters, and was often called probably the most cautious driver.

“Fifty, 55, all the time conscious of his environment. He was an important driver. He did it for a residing,” Agerenza stated.

“They’d no respect for human life and he didn’t need to die like this,” Carol Riggs stated.

State police say witnesses noticed the 2 individuals within the stolen Vary Rover flee in a white Jeep Grand Cherokee.

“This was a mindless tragedy. The suspects that we’re searching for drove recklessly, inflicting the dying of Mr. Riggs,” State Police Capt. Christopher Casale stated.

The household is pleading for witnesses to come back ahead to assist police make arrests.

The stolen automobile was taken from an East Backyard Metropolis driveway on July 5, police stated.