ORO VALLEY, Ariz. (KGUN) — More than a year after a fatal highway crash claimed the life of a Tucson journalist, her husband says the case has stalled, even as those who knew her continue to remember the impact she had on their lives and her community.
Yui Umehara-Garewal was killed in December 2024 in a crash on Interstate 10 in California after another driver crossed the median and struck her family’s vehicle. Her husband, Jaz Garewal, and their two children survived the crash, but Garewal says Yui took the brunt of the impact.
“She made me a better person in that she was so caring. She had an open heart to everything,” Garewal said…