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California dad, 23, killed riding in his wife’s car after someone intentionally rolled a 35-pound boulder from an overpass – Christopher Lopez’s chest bones and jaw were crushed by the ‘missile’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;"><strong>Father-of-one&comma; 23&comma; is killed in his wife&&num;8217&semi;s car by a 35-pound BOULDER intentionally thrown from an overpass<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;"><strong>Christopher Lopez&comma; 23&comma; suffered fatal injuries in the boulder-throwing incident on 134 Freeway in Pasadena&comma; California <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;"><strong>His 21-year-old wife was behind the wheel and rushed him to the hospital&comma; but he could not be saved <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;"><strong>A friend wrote Lopez had his chest bones and jaw crushed by the 30-to-35-pound boulder <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;"><strong>California Highway Patrol are looking for the person who hurled the rock  <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;">Cris Lopez is survived by his wife Guadalupe Gutierrez&comma; 21&comma; and daughter Jayl<&sol;span><&sol;strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;">en<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group floatRHS">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-290777" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;03&sol;Christopher-Lopez-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Christopher Lopez 3&period;jpg" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;>Christopher Lopez was struck and killed by a boulder on a California freeway while riding in his wife&&num;8217&semi;s car on Tuesday&period; The projectile crushed  his jaw and chest bones<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">A 23-year-old man from California was killed while riding as a passenger in his wife&&num;8217&semi;s car on Tuesday after police say someone intentionally threw a boulder from an overpass in Pasadena that crashed through the windshield&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The deadly incident took place just before 9pm on Tuesday&period;  Christopher &OpenCurlyQuote;Cris’ Lopez was traveling west in his wife&&num;8217&semi;s 2017 Toyota Corolla along 134 Freeway and passing under the Orange Grove Boulevard overpass when an identified person hurled a 30-to-35-pound rock at the vehicle below&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Cris Lopez had just learned his wife was pregnant shortly before he was struck by the heavy projectile&comma; suffering fatal injuries&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;21-year-old Guadalupe Gutierrez immediately rushed her husband to Glendale Adventist Medical Center&comma; where he was pronounced dead less than 40 minutes after the attack&comma; reported <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ktla&period;com&sol;2018&sol;03&sol;15&sol;person-of-interest-sought-after-boulder-apparently-thrown-onto-134-freeway-kills-passenger-in-vehicle&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">KTLA<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;His mother-in-law and a four-year-old girl also travelling in the car were unharmed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-290778" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;03&sol;The-boulder-went-through-the-passenger-side-windshield-Cris-Lopez-who-was-sitting-in-the-front-seat&period;jpg" alt&equals;"The boulder went through the passenger-side windshield&comma; Cris Lopez who was sitting in the front seat&period;jpg" width&equals;"665" height&equals;"375" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>The boulder went through the passenger-side windshield of Guadalupe&&num;8217&semi;s&comma; killing the father-to-be Cris Lopez&comma; who was sitting in the front seat<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Lopez was traveling west in his wife&&num;8217&semi;s 2017 Toyota Corolla along 134 Freeway and passing under the Orange Grove Boulevard overpass when an unidentified person hurled the rock&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to the description of a <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gofundme&period;com&sol;chris-lopez-funeral" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">GoFundMe <&sol;a>campaign launched by a friend&comma; the boulder shattered all the bones in Lopez&&num;8217&semi;s chest and smashed his jaw&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-290776" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;03&sol;Guadalupe-Gutierrez&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Guadalupe Gutierrez&period;jpg" width&equals;"641" height&equals;"361" &sol;>Grieving widow Guadalupe Gutierrez Mar 15&comma; in Altadena&comma; asked for help finding her husband&&num;8217&semi;s killer<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">23-year-old Cris is survived by his young widow Lupe and his daughter Jayleen&period; As of Thursday&comma; about &dollar;3&comma;100 has been raised in donations to help the family with the funeral expenses&period;<img class&equals;" wp-image-290774 alignright" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;03&sol;Christopher-Lopez-2&period;png" alt&equals;"Christopher Lopez 2&period;jpg" width&equals;"262" height&equals;"279" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;Investigators are now looking for information that could lead to the arrest of the culprit&comma; who could be facing murder charges&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Lopez&comma; who worked as a barista &lbrack;right&rsqb; leaves behind his young widow and their daughter&period;Friends of the victim took to Facebook on Thursday to pay tribute to the young husband and father&comma; who was described as an &&num;8216&semi;amazing man&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;There have been several similar incidents involving rock throwing in recent years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">Anyone with information on the Pasadena case was urged to call the CHP Altadena Area Station at &lpar;626&rpar; 296-8100&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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