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Hit-and-run driver sought after killing Carefree motorcyclist, deputies say

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Updated  December 13, 2023 5:10pm MST
Crime and Public Safety
FOX 10 Phoenix

MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. - Authorities are looking for the driver of a white truck who they say hit and killed a motorcyclist on Sunday afternoon in Carefree.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says 27-year-old David Hadrich was hit by a driver just before 1 p.m. on Dec. 10 near Cave Creek and Pima roads. Hadrich was rushed to the hospital where he later died.

The hit-and-run vehicle is described as a white, four-door 2015-19 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD or 3500HD, or a 2015-19 GMC Sierra.

Investigators say the vehicle should have damage to its front end, and possibly to the bumper, grill, hood and windshield.

If you have any information, you're asked to call MCSO at 602-86-1011 or 602-876-8477. When calling, you should reference report no. IR23-031561. 

‘Look at the devastation it cost’

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27-year-old David Hadrich

"I yelled at my son, 'Dave! Dave!' And Dave looked over at me, and the truck hit him," Tim Hadrich, David's father said. "I ran over to Dave, and I told him, ‘Dave, you can’t leave me. You’re everything I have.'"

Tim and his 27-year-old son David were riding motorcycles on their way to lunch when it happened.

Tim says David was hit from behind by a speeding pickup that blew through a stop sign.

His body was dragged several hundred feet to his death.

"I just hope that you’re sitting somewhere hating your life and just begging God for forgiveness because that’s what you need to be doing right now because you took my nephew from me," said David's aunt, Rhonda Hadrich.

The driver did not stop but was caught by surveillance cameras down the street.

"Motorcycles, just because you don’t have a cage around you or four walls or whatever you want to call them, they have the right to be on the road," David's cousin Jennifer Breaux-Lopez said.

A doctor was on the scene and tried to save David, but there was little he could do.

David’s family feels helpless, too. They're pleading for help finding the driver while preparing to bury their beloved David.

David’s mother is in the hospital getting help dealing with this trauma.

"If you know who this is, and maybe you’re covering for them or whatever, because they’re your family, look at the devastation it cost. This is not right," Mike Pope, the victim’s stepfather, said.

The family is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

Family of motorcyclist killed in hit-and-run offers $20K reward

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MCSO says the driver of a white, four-door 2015-19 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD or 3500HD, or a 2015-19 GMC Sierra hit and killed 27-year-old David Hadrich on Dec. 10 in Carefree. (MCSO)

Map of where the crash happened: