She was ready to welcome another child into the world but her life was cut short by a hit-and-run driver

Family members said Gloria Guevara was excited to welcome another child after losing a baby last year.

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — The family of a pregnant mother killed in a hit-and-run crash is mourning their loss while hoping for justice to be served.

“I consider her my granddaughter,” Lilian Cabrera said about Gloria Guevara.

Cabrera spoke with KHOU 11 News reporter Jason Miles while holding Guevara’s 3-year-old daughter, who has been asking for her mommy and is not yet fully aware that she won’t be coming home.

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“She was a very, very, very, very good person,” Cabrera said. “She was very excited to have her baby because she lost a baby last year.”

According to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Guevara died around 7:45 p.m. Thursday near Tidwell and C-E King after her Ford Mustang was struck from behind by a white truck, causing her to veer over a raised median and into oncoming traffic. That’s when a Ford F-250 hauling a trailer struck her head-on. Investigators said the driver of the white truck that caused the initial crash kept going.

“He didn’t have no reason to run away. He could’ve stopped,” Cabrera said.

She’s helping Guevara’s husband plan her funeral while corresponding with her mother in Mexico. Guevara’s mother told us over the phone that she forgives the suspected hit-and-run driver. Her other daughter, Guevara’s 16-year-old sister, was also injured in the crash.

“I think that God knows what he’s doing,” Cabrera said. “We’re asking God to give us the strength to deal with this.”

Late Friday evening, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez announced that the hit-and-run driver had been arrested.

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