Philadelphia police’s homicide detectives are now investigating a crash that turned deadly in the city’s Frankford section on Monday morning.

Initially, detectives said the driver of a pickup truck died after smashing into several parked cars. However, now sources tell Action News it was the passenger of the truck who passed away. Family members identified him as 53-year-old Francisco Rosario.

“He always knew how to put a smile on people’s faces,” said Francisco’s daughter, Mercedez Rosario, 19, who spoke about his sense of humor. “He always smiled with his whole mouth. I’m going to miss that a lot, and I’m never going to see that again.”

Police sources say the medical examiner is still determining the 53-year-old’s cause of death, but it happened after several vehicle collisions and an altercation.

“This is something I wouldn’t wish on nobody, especially in the manner that it happened,” said Mercedez.

Police say the truck struck a tree while on Castor Avenue around 2:30 a.m.

Then, surveillance video shows the truck driving the wrong way down the 1200 block of Adams Avenue. It hit at least six vehicles, including Antonio Damasceno’s truck.

“Not very happy,” said Damasceno, who owns CD Automotive. “Gotta buy a tire, and I basically have to get the bed fixed.”

Damasceno says this isn’t the first time an incident like this occurred outside his auto shop.

“Doesn’t surprise me,” said Damasceno. “It was 2:30 in the morning, and who knows what people are doing out here.”

Detectives say the truck came to a stop at Kinsey and Tackawanna streets.

Surveillance video shows another vehicle pull up and at least three people exit. Sources believe Francisco was punched, fell backwards, hit his head and later died.

Police want to interview the pickup truck driver and everyone involved. They ask anyone with information to come forward.

“I need them to find who did this. Justice has to be served. They shouldn’t just be able to take somebody’s life because they were upset,” said Mercedez.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 215-686-TIPS.