Yanaisa Pulido always went the extra mile for her patients as a Miami paramedic. Now, her family needs others to come to her aid after the good samaritan was killed in a crash while helping people stranded on Interstate 95 over the weekend, according to her GoFundMe page.
A man, a woman and a 7-year-old boy from Doral were also injured Sunday in the Fort Lauderdale six-car crash, state troopers said.
Pulido was a hard worker, Dayami Apaulaza, a loved one, said in a GodFundMe fundraiser that she organized to cover the 23-year-old’s funeral expenses.
“Yanaisa was a hero and wanted to help people however she could,” Apaulaza said.
How did the crash unfold on I-95?
Around 4 a.m., Pulido was behind the wheel of a black Kia Forte sedan traveling south on I-95 when she stopped in one of the center lanes and got out of her car to help two other drivers involved in a crash, Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release.
However, as a 41-year-old Doral man driving a silver Cadillac ATS sedan began to slow down to avoid a collision with the back of Pulido’s car, a 19-year-old Pembroke Pines woman in a black Lexus IS300 crashed into the rear of his car.