The Guadalajara Reporter

Local fundraiser injured in ‘hit and run’

An expatriate well-known for his ceaseless fundraising for the Chapala Red Cross needed help from that very institution after he became the victim of a hit-and-run driver on the morning of Sunday, June 2.

Charlie Klestadt was making  his regular rounds selling raffle tickets for the Red Cross when he was struck down by pick-up traveling east outside a restaurant on the Carretera just west of Chapala.

According to witness, the vehicle bounced off several parked cars before plowing into Klestadt and car-washer Manuel Renteria Ortiz, who had just finished washing the expat’s car.

Klestadt was hit directly on his right side and knocked down, sustaining injuries to his head and pelvis.

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