HIGHLAND PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The heartbroken family of a skateboarder who was struck and killed by an LAPD vehicle in Highland Park is speaking out as they try to pick up the pieces following the tragic loss.

Jerry Estrada, 30, was skateboarding home from work when he was fatally struck by a police SUV Friday night, while a carnival was underway at a nearby park.

"He was a great person, a great son, brother, uncle," said Rosa Cazares, the man's mother.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, Estrada was riding in the median in the middle of Figueroa Street, heading southbound. At the same time, an LAPD patrol vehicle with its lights and sirens on was heading northbound, also in the median as it passed traffic on the busy road.

Jerry's brother wants to know why police

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