ALBUQUERQUE POLICE CALL IT A TRAGIC ACCIDENT THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL LATE LAST WEEK. THE GIRL … JUSTINE ALMUINA, CALLED ELIZA BY HER FRIENDS AT SCHOOL … WAS HIT AND KILLED AS SHE AND A FRIEND CROSSED LOUISIANA SOUTH OF MONTGOMERY AFTER ATTENDING A SCHOOL CARNIVAL AFTER HOURS. AN SUV HIT ELIZA, WHO WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AND PLACED ON LIFE SUPPORT. SHE DIED OF HER INJURIES.
MANY OF HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY TURNED OUT SUNDAY NIGHT AT STARDUST SKIES PARK TO HONOR ELIZA … AND HER MOTHER, JENNIE GONZALES, TELLS KOB-TV SHE WAS SURPRISED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT THE PARK. ABOUT 200 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE VIGIL.
THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE 76 YEAR OLD DRIVER OF THE SUV THAT HIT ELIZA HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED.
