The family of Rodolfo Angulo is hoping for answers after he was struck and killed while walking home on Highway 240.
Courtesy of Maria Buxbaum
Richland, Washington
A grieving family is offering a $1,500 reward to help find the driver who killed a 41-year-old pedestrian on Highway 240.
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It’s been slightly more than a month since Rodolfo Angulo was died while walking on the highway along the Yakima River Delta causeway between Richland and Kennewick.
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The wait to find out who left him to die has been difficult for his family, his sister Maria Buxbaum told the Herald.
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She previously said the family simply wants answers about what happened to the carpenter.
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“We are still struggling,” she told the Herald, adding they recently learned that more than one vehicle may have hit the father of three as he was trying to walk home.
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Angulo was apparently in the eastbound lanes of the highway when he was struck, according to initial Washington State Patrol reports.
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Another driver found Angulo in the roadway at 2:20 a.m. and called 911. He died before he could be taken to the hospital.
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It’s still not clear how long he was lying there before another driver stopped.
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His family is offering $1,500 for information leading to an arrest, according to a flier shared by the family. The vehicle is believed to have damage to the front bumper, hood and possibly the windshield.
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Anyone with information is asked to call WSP Detective James Stairet at 509-378-2753 or email James.Stairet@wsp.wa.gov.
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Angulo was one of nine children and grew up in the Tri-Cities. He was a union carpenter who recently had decided to start working with sheet metal, Buxbaum said.
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He leaves behind three children, ages 21, 15 and 10. The two younger ones live with their mother in California, Buxbaum said.
