MIAMI BEACH, Fla. \u2014 Family members are distraught after a driver hit and killed a 25-year-old scooter rider in Miami Beach.<\/p>\n
It happened on Saturday in the area of 79th Street and Byron Avenue in the North Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach. <\/p>\n
Loved ones said the victim, Abraham Fernandez, was heading to work after being called in on his day off. <\/p>\n
He lived just three blocks away from his workplace, family members said. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are still in that stage that you don\u2019t feel like it happened,\u201d said family friend Marta Lorenzo.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s an extremely tough time for his family, as Fernandez\u2019s mother is currently battling cancer in Spain and his father is dealing with health problems as well. <\/p>\n
His father did not want to let him go. <\/p>\n
\u201cYesterday, the doctors came to the room, and they said when are we going to let him go, and the dad did not want to disconnect the machine. He said can we wait two more hours, and then after two more hours they came in, (and he asked) can we wait another hour,\u201d said Lorenzo. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe cooked for his father, he was happy, music on the whole time,\u201d added Lorenzo. \u201cHe loved music, he composed music.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the scene of the crash, Fernandez\u2019s uncle paced back and forth while his girlfriend remembered the last thing he told her.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe gave me a kiss, he told me he loves me and I told him, \u2018Please be careful\u2019 and 15 minutes later he was dead,\u201d said Kara Barjadi. <\/p>\n