The Los Angeles mother-in-law of five children was celebrating her 30th and a relative’s 30th birthday when officials say she got trapped and fell off a party bus on a busy highway, where she crashed into another vehicle Was.
The incident occurred on Saturday at around 3 a.m. on Northbound 101 Freeway and downtown Los Angeles Street Where 29-year-old Heather Garcia and other relatives were traveling in a party bus.
Family members said those on the bus were celebrating Garcia’s upcoming birthday and a niece’s birthday. The married mother would have turned 30 on Monday.
Just hours before the tragedy unfolded, an insured Garcia was photographed sitting at a table in front of a birthday cake being applauded by a band.
This photo was taken hours before 29-year-old Heather Garcia boarded a party bus to celebrate her birthday on Saturday. The outing ended with the mother of five falling off the bus, killing her
Pictured above with her five children is Garcia, LA. The tired party fell off the bus on the 101 freeway in the city
These images show what appears to be the party bus where Garcia tripped and fell
Garcia was celebrating her and a niece’s upcoming 30th birthday when she slipped while dancing on the bus and fell in front of the door, which opened. A passing motorist crushed the woman, killing her
“They went out, took the party bus and based on the information I got, she was dancing and she fell… and that was it,” García’s brother, Juan García, explained. KCBS,
Brother said that when Heather slipped, she slammed the door of the bus, which opened, causing her to fall on the road.
A passing car ran over Garcia and he was pronounced dead on the spot. The driver of that vehicle stopped at the scene and waited for law enforcement officers to arrive.
‘I don’t know how the door opened. No one knows how the door opened,’ said his brother. ‘The door should not have opened.’
Heather Garcia leaves behind her husband, Rafael Corral, a veteran of the US Army, and their five children aged 1, five, six, eight and 10.
the coral mourns ABC 7 Los Angeles That his wife and the others on the bus did the responsible thing by paying a service to take them home after a night out instead of drinking and driving, but that decision cost Heather’s life.
Coral said, ‘I’ve seen some crazy, horrifying things in Iraq, and it happens to your family… It shouldn’t have happened.’
Garcia was crushed by a passing vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene on Northbound 101 Freeway and Los Angeles Street.
Garcia, who was married to US Army veteran Rafael Corral (pictured above), leaves behind her five children, aged one, five, six, eight and 10.
Coral, who served in the Iraq War (left), said he never imagined something so terrible would happen to a loved one. She is now left to raise her five children alone
Widow husband started gofundme Campaign to help pay for his wife’s funeral. As of Monday, more than $18,000 have been raised.
“His huge heart always lends a hand to anyone,” Coral, who served in Iraq, wrote in the description of the GoFundMe campaign. ‘She was always a great mother taking care of our kids. She loved our kids and she lived to take care of us. She was my best friend, my rock, she put it together for me and our kids.
‘I feel lost without him. We had so many plans and now I am left with a lot of questions and an extremely broken heart.’
Heather’s family is not considering taking legal action regarding her death.