a missing uc berkeley soccer star who vanished in the early hours of saturday after leaving a fraternity party 'drunk and disoriented' was struck and killed by a car, the lapd said on monday eloi vasquez, 19, was fatally hit by the vehicle  at around 230am on saturday, just an hour after he was last seen leaving a party at the university of southern california fraternity tau kappa epsilon his body was found on the state's 10 freeway on a ramp around three blocks from the university's campus, his family said however, police could not identify him immediately because of his injuries but on monday afternoon, the lapd reportedly confirmed that the coroner’s officer had identified the person who was hit on the eastbound freeway as vasquez   a tragic end to a two day search for him scroll down for video  missing: missing soccer star eloi vasquez, 19, was struck and killed by a car, the lapd said on monday above, he is pictured (left) in his california golden bears team strip, and (right) at the party on friday night  party weekend: vasquez was last seen leaving the university of southern california;s tau kappa epsilon fraternity giyse (pictured) early saturday morning while visiting the college during spring break  death: his body was found on the state's eastbound 10 freeway (pictured) on a ramp around three blocks from the university's campus, his family said police could not identify him immediately due to his injuries  it is unclear what type of vehicle hit the student at up to 70mph, resulting in such serious injuries 'the family is understandably very distraught and has respectfully asked for privacy,' police told ktla 5 the devastating revelation came just hours after vasquez's family had offered members of the public a $100,000 reward   increased from $50,000   for information leading to the teenager's safe return earlier on monday, coroner’s lt fred corral had said that the county agency was investigating a 'john doe', who had been fatally struck by a vehicle on the major east west freeway, near vermont shortly after vasquez was last seen, he had called a friend saying he was 'screwed' and had lost his way the economics major and soccer star at the prestigious school had then lost contact reports said he was likely drunk at the time his cousin logan crespan told dailymailcom: 'he said he was going to the beach when he left the party but the closest beach was 15 miles away' vasquez's mother, wendy margolin, said that at around 220am her son had called a friend, aurora, cardenas, and told her he was 'screwed' and did not know where he was last seen: the star soccer player had no money of id on him when he left the party, authorities say  swim: his cousin logan crespan (left) told dailymailcom he said he was going to the beach, which is 15 miles away  close: it is unclear what type of vehicle hit the student 'the family is understandably very distraught and has respectfully asked for privacy,' police said above, vasquez was killed just blocks away from the fraternity  'he pretty much said, 'i need you to come over here, i need help' i asked him, 'where are you?' and he told me that he was in la and that he didn’t know where he was at and that he was lost,' cardenas told nbc bay area 'the second time he called it just clicked i didn’t know if his phone died, or if he hung up' addressing the media sunday, ms margolin said her son was very responsible and dedicated to his studies, and that it was it out of character for him not to contact his family and friends vasquez's parents drove to los angeles from northern california saturday to join the search for their son margolin was planning to scour doughnut and candy shops open late in the area meanwhile, his friends were visiting lifeguard towers in santa monica and venice beach a missing poster described vasquez as a six foot, 175lb hispanic man with dark hair and brown eyes last contact: wendy margolin (left), eloi's mother, said a friend of her son's, aurora cardenas (right), got a call from him at around 220am saturday telling her he was 'screwed' and lost  appeal: friends, relatives and teammates shared his missing poster in a bid to track him down before receiving the tragic news that he was actually struck and killed by a vehicle on the state's 10 freeway  he was wearing a white and red t shirt, white plimsolls, and gray chinos when he died after leaving the party on the 600 block of w 28th street, a fraternity hub known locally as 'greek row' vasquez was not a member of a fraternity relatives told police he did not have any money or identification with him at the time he did have a cell phone on him, but it appeared to have died cal athletics released a statement sunday addressing vasquez's disappearance 'eloi is a wonderful young man who has excelled both academically and athletically here at cal,' the press release said 'our entire cal athletics family is very concerned for eloi’s safety and our first priority is to help in any way we can to locate him' vasquez, born in novato, california, was an accomplished soccer player who trained at france's esteemed racing club strasbourg alsace and the youth academy of pachuca in mexico athlete: vasquez, who has trained at soccer camps in mexico and france, was wearing a white t shirt and gray pants at the time of his disappearance and death  getting the word out: friends described him as a 'really special kid' in twitter appeals  he had also played for the california golden bears a fellow player, matthew powell, tweeted a picture of vasquez, writing: 'my former teammate, eloi vasquez, is missinglast seen at usc really special kid, keep spreading the word' in a statement at the weekend, the university said: 'eloi is a wonderful young man who has excelled both academically and athletically here at cal 'our entire cal athletics family is very concerned for eloi's safety'
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eloi vasquez, 19, vanished in the early hours of saturday after leaving a party at the university of southern california fraternity tau kappa epsilon . on monday, lapd confirmed he was actually struck and killed by car on 10 freeway at 230am that morning, three blocks from the college campus . police had not been able to identify vasquez immediately due to  injuries . minutes before death, he called friend saying he was 'screwed' and lost . earlier monday, teen's family had upped reward for safe return to $100k 