FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. A Fresno County family is grieving the sudden loss of Juliana Ramos. The 26-year-old nurse and mother of three stopped her car and ran out to help a car crash victim, when another tragedy struck.
California Highway Patrol investigators said initially, the call was for a car and big rig that crashed along Highway 99 near Manning Avenue.
Moments later, another car pulled up near the crash, and that s when Ramos ran out to help. Investigators say that s when she was hit.
Ramos s sisters say she was a nurse and was going to school to further her career and be a hero to her community.
She didn t deserve this : Fresno County family grieves mother of 3 killed while trying to save crash victim
Juliana Ramos, a 26-year-old healthcare worker, stopped her car and ran out to help at the scene of a crash. Then another tragedy struck.
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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) An act of kindness turned to tragedy.
A Fresno County family is grieving the sudden loss of Juliana Ramos, the 26-year-old good Samaritan hit by a car and killed while trying to help a crash victim Wednesday morning.
The driver who killed her took off and remains on the run.
California Highway Patrol investigators say initially, the call was for a car and big rig that crashed along Highway 99 near Manning Avenue.
Woman killed after SUV crashes into canal in Kings County
The driver lost control of the SUV, hit a guardrail, and went into the canal, which was filled with about five feet of water.
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The crash happened just after 10:30 pm on Highway 41 near Stratford.
California Highway Patrol officers say witnesses saw a silver Toyota Highlander driving at high speeds along northbound Highway 41.
The driver lost control of the SUV, hit a guardrail, and went into the canal, which was filled with about five feet of water.
Dive teams from the Kings County Sheriff s Office helped the CHP get the car out of the water.