Les and Evie Bianchi's only child was killed when he was hit by a suspected drunk driver who ran a stop sign in Alameda.

Nickolas Bianchi, 27, worked at the local golf course in Alameda and came back home for lunch and to say hi to his parents.

"We don’t get that no more. It’s gone from our lives . It’s killing us. My heart is empty," Les Bianchi said through tears Wednesday.

"Total disregard. Total disregard for anybody and everybody around. And my son had to lose his life," Les Bianchi said.

A steady stream of friends and neighbors stopped by their home with flowers and condolences, comfort in the short term

"But when they leave, it’s just us, in an empty house," Evie Bianchi said.

Among the well wishers was Alameda Police Chief Nishant Joshi.

"We’re still trying to connect the dots on what led up to this," Joshi said.

The crash happened at about 8 p.m. Monday at Fernside Boulevard and Cambridge Drive.

Alameda police say the driver of a Toyota Corolla blew a stop sign, broadsiding Bianchi's GMC pickup truck. The suspect, Jose Hernandez-Alfaro, 33, was arrested.

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