NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A man has died after being struck by a dump truck while riding his bicycle in East Harlem.

Family members say 25-year-old Matt Travis was an aspiring professional wrestler, who was training for an upcoming match.

“This is very unfortunate you know, he was a good kid, he didn’t deserve this,” Shaina Alvarez, the victim’s cousin said.

You could feel an overwhelming sense of sorrow at the foot of the Willis Avenue Bridge Saturday. Friends say Travis was working out, training for an upcoming wrestling match, when he was killed during a bike ride around 2:30 a.m. Saturday morning.

“His whole thing was wrestling, like that was his main focus, and his goal was to get his mom and family out of the Bronx,” Alvarez added.

Police say Travis was in the bike lane when a dump truck going southbound on First Avenue made an illegal turn, trying to get on the bridge near East 125th Street. The two collided, leaving Travis with severe trauma he could not survive.

“This is not going to go quietly, I want to bring a lot of awareness so that this doesn’t happen to anybody else,” Yolanda Nieves, the victim’s mother said.

Police were already out ticketing drivers within hours of the crash. There is a sign there that clearly states right turns only. CBS2 cameras watched as officers pulled over several drivers, including a woman who police even warned beforehand not to turn left.

“It says no left turn, so for these people to do it no matter what time it was and they left him there like that, it doesn’t make any sense,” Alvarez told CBS2’s Christina Fan.

Travis’ family says just as important as spreading awareness is catching the driver who left the scene.

“I hope that you, when you close your eyes and go to sleep at night, you see my son’s lifeless body that you left on the street. I hope that haunts you for the rest of your life,” Nieves said.

Family members say Travis’ match was scheduled for Saturday night. They are hoping traffic cameras in the area will help catch the driver. Police are still searching for the driver of the dump truck who never stopped.

There have been nearly 30 cyclist deaths on city streets so far this year, compared to 10 in all of 2018.