A mother who was struck by a teen driver near a Gilroy elementary school last week has died, NBC Bay Area has learned. Her husband was also killed in the collision.
The parents were hit while crossing a street near Las Animas Elementary School at about 8 a.m. last Friday. The father died at the scene. The mother died Monday night, family members said.
“It’s just really heavy on all of us here in the community,” Jeanette Torres of Gilroy said.
Family members of the victims have launched an online petition calling for flashing crosswalk lights in the area.
“People drive very fast,” Torres said. “This is a neighborhood, it’s a school zone.”
Torres said she is one of hundreds of people who have already signed the petition. It’s also on city leaders’ radar, though they haven’t committed to any specific changes at this time.
“At the time that we have the information to understand what happened out here, we will start making decisions in this community to do what’s best and what’s safe for the streets and the kids of this community,” Gilroy Mayor Greg Bozzo said.
