ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The driver of the truck that died while filling the fuel tank in a Wawa, in the municipality of Upper Macungie, in the county of Lehigh, was Ramon Ramírez.
We spoke to members of his family, who were too anxious to talk to us on camera.
His company tells us that Ramírez was a married father of three who worked hard and liked his co-workers very much.
Investigators say they are still trying to figure out why the suspicious Za Uk Lian entered the Wawa shortly before five in the morning and started firing, and why he chose to aim his weapon at Ramon Ramírez, a truck driver from A. Two Pyle in Allentown. .
Shortly after he was killed, Pete Danneker, the company’s vice president of security, told us: “His co-workers thought the world was his. It’s a tragic loss of a working father. He was caught in the senseless fire. of a weapon “.
Danneker went on to say that it has already been a tough year for many of his employees, given the COVID crisis, and worries that this tragedy will weigh on them.
“It’s likely that people, other drivers will realize it could have been them. A tragedy like this is very bearable for people and it doesn’t make sense, but if we can help them overcome it, we will.”