6-Year-Old Boy Dies After Being Hit by Car While Running Across Interstate Near Home: 'Our Hearts Are Heavy'

Mar. 15, 2025

King Holguin.Photo:GoFundMe

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In a Monday, Dec. 16 news release shared with PEOPLE, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) said officers in San Jose responded to a report of a crash involving a pedestrian and a vehicle on Interstate 280 on the late evening of Friday, Dec. 13.

According to a preliminary investigation, a 6-year-old boy was on the right shoulder of I-280 northbound, south of Leland Avenue.

In an email to PEOPLE, the Santa Clara Medical Examiner identified the boy as King Holguin, sharing that his cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries due to the collision. The manner of death was determined to be accidental.

King Holguin.GoFundMe

King’s family told CW affiliateKRONthat the boy had difficulty understanding traffic.

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The CHP said in its news release that the incident is under investigation.

“I just want to hold him,” the boy’s father, who was not identified, said during an interview with ABC affiliateKGO. “I want him back, but I know he is in a better place. He was always outgoing, loving and the house is quiet without him. But I know everyone misses him and I miss him.”

AGoFundMewas created for King’s family to help pay for their child’s funeral expenses, which has raised over $26,000 as of Wednesday, Dec. 18. The fundraiser description said King was two weeks shy of turning 7 before his death.

“King was very outgoing, energetic, adventurous, stubborn, loving boy who loved to play and run around all the time,” read a message on the fundraising page. “He had tons of energy. He is now resting in heaven with his grandmother who will take the best care of him.”

“Our hearts are very heavy, we would do anything to get more time with him,” the message continued.

source: people.com