Fatal vehicle crash

Death & Obituary: Johny Garcia died on Monday afternoon, December 2, 2019 in a crash on Finch Road in Modesto.

The Stanislaus County Coroner’s office has identified the victim of Modesto truck accident as 52-year-old Johnny Garcia Jr.

Garcia Jr. passed away in a crash that happened while he was driving west on Finch Road in a garbage truck loaded with tree trimmings.

He was just a half-block away from the waste disposal facility when his truck traveled off the roadway. The truck plowed into a cement planter and crashed through a chainlink fence before hitting a tree in front of a parking lot.

Johny Garcia was a member of the motorcycle club Dysturbed Ryders. The group held a candlelight memorial at the scene of the crash on Tuesday.

Our prayers are with the family of Garcia.