EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A family continues to grieve after their daughter was hit by a pickup truck in Sunland Park after buying fireworks and left for dead.
Just before 11 p.m. on July 3, New Mexico State Police say they responded to a crash involving a vehicle and pedestrian. On arrival, they discovered the suspect had fled the scene. A man was rushed to the hospital and the woman, 26-year-old Graciela Citlali-Tonazin Sahs, was dead at the scene.
Sahs’ parents tell KTSM they didn’t know she had died until July 4 when El Paso Police officers relayed the news on behalf of NMSP.
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“It’s just so heartbreaking and just knowing how it happened. She deserves to be here with us,” said Nikolas Nava, Sahs’ father…