{"id":44258,"date":"2025-11-25T15:09:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/44258\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T15:09:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:09:25","slug":"delivery-driver-deliberately-struck-and-killed-man-after-argument-in-allentown-da-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/44258\/","title":{"rendered":"Delivery driver deliberately struck and killed man after argument in Allentown, DA says"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pedestrian crash that killed a man Friday evening<\/a> in Allentown was the result of an argument between the victim and a delivery driver, the Lehigh County District Attorney\u2019s Office<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

District Attorney Gavin Holihan<\/a> told lehighvalleylive.com on Tuesday morning that 29-year-old Rigoberto \u201cRigo\u201d Hernandez got into some type of altercation with a delivery driver just prior to the alleged hit-and-run accident. Hernandez left his car to confront the delivery driver in a van, Holihan said.<\/p>\n

Investigators believe the victim was then deliberately struck and run over by the other driver, authorities had said.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no indication Hernandez and the delivery driver knew each other previously, Holihan said. As of Tuesday morning, no one was in custody and no charges were filed in the case.<\/p>\n

The incident unfolded just before 8 p.m. in the 2400 block of South Fourth Street. Hernandez was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Salisbury Township<\/a>, where he was pronounced dead at 8:43 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n

Hernandez died from blunt force injuries suffered in the accident and the manner was ruled a homicide by Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio.<\/p>\n

An online fundraiser has since been launched <\/a>to financially offset funeral expenses for Hernandez\u2019s immediate family. Family members include Hernandez\u2019s wife of 10 years, Meicy, and the couple\u2019s three children, ages 11, 7 and 3. <\/p>\n

As of 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, 104 donors raised $40,845 of the $45,000 goal. The fundraiser is being organized by Joshua Gamez, CEO of East Coast Facilities, Inc., where Hernandez worked as a field supervisor with the Allentown-based Fleet and Logistics group for nearly a decade. <\/p>\n

Gamez states in the GoFundMe posting that Hernandez immigrated to the United States to build a \u201csafer, brighter future\u201d for his family.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the wake of this unimaginable tragedy, Rigo\u2019s family is facing not only the heartbreak of losing him, but also the sudden financial burden of funeral expenses and everyday living costs,\u201d Gamez stated. <\/p>\n

Investigators continue to seek witnesses and those with video surveillance footage of Friday\u2019s incident. Those with information are asked to call Allentown Police Department\u2019s Criminal Investigations Division at 610-437-7721 or the police desk at 610-437-7753, Ext. 1.<\/p>\n

Anonymous text tips can be sent via the Tip411 app on the Allentown Police Department\u2019s Facebook Page <\/a>or the Allentown Police Department\u2019s website.<\/a><\/p>\n

The incident remains under investigation by the Allentown Police Department, Lehigh County District Attorney\u2019s Office and Lehigh County Coroner\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pedestrian crash that killed a man Friday evening in Allentown was the result of an argument between…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[6269,119,121,120,591],"class_list":{"0":"post-44258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allentown","8":"tag-ala2014032416204504","9":"tag-allentown","10":"tag-allentown-headlines","11":"tag-allentown-news","12":"tag-merlinmigration2014"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}