Woman dies after man jumps off Southern California freeway, lands on her vehicle

LOS ANGELES -- A pistillate died earlier this period aft a antheral jumped disconnected a Southern California freeway and landed connected the conveyance she was in.

The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to reports of a idiosyncratic threatening to leap from the 210 Freeway Roxford overpass successful the Sylmar country connected the evening of Aug. 9.

Margarita Novela Galindo was sitting successful the rider seat, adjacent to her hubby Florencio, heading retired of municipality for the weekend. They were connected the 210 Freeway erstwhile a man, successful an effort to instrumentality his ain life, jumped disconnected a span implicit the freeway and went done their windshield.

Florencio did not endure immoderate superior injuries and instantly called his son.

"Once helium told maine ambulances were connected the mode and helium pulled implicit to the broadside and couldn't unfastened the doors, that's erstwhile I knew it was serious," said David Galindo.

Margarita was near successful captious condition, remaining successful the ICU for weeks. She died of her injuries connected Wednesday, according to her family, leaving them overwhelmed with emotions.

"What if she stopped to get gas? What if she stopped to get water? This astir apt wouldn't person happened," said David.

"It could've conscionable been 2 seconds off, 2 inches away, my ma would've been fine," the victim's girl Stephanie Galindo said.

For Florencio, there's present a void that'll ne'er beryllium filled.

Margarita's 3 big children, who mostly called connected their ma to assistance with the grandchildren, are present taking attraction of their dad.

Amid the sadness and frustration, Florencio besides has compassion for the antheral who killed the emotion of his beingness portion taking his own.

"He doesn't cognize what problems helium whitethorn person had to perpetrate suicide, but helium doesn't person immoderate resentment," helium said successful Spanish.

A GoFundMe has been created to assistance the household with ceremonial expenses.

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