El Paso mom in Houston for daughter’s cancer treatment stuck in Hurricane Beryl, desperate to return to identify her two children who died in a car crash
HUDSPETH COUNTY, TX (KVIA) -- Five people are confirmed dead in the Sunday crash outside of Fort Hancock, including four children. The family of the deceased, have set up a gofundme page, and you can help by clicking on this link.
They identify the deceased as 28-year-old El Pasoan Abigail Martinez, a 10-year-old boy, a 9-year-old girl, and a 3-year-old girl, and a 6-year-old boy. Texas DPS officials have not identified the minors.
ABC-7's Paul Cicala spoke with loved ones of the family, who shared with KVIA that Abigail Martinez and the four kids were driving back from Houston, where they were visiting Abigail's sister, Cristina Martinez.
Cristina Martinez had been in Houston for several weeks with her daughter, who was there to receive treatment for cancer.
The two girls that died in the crash were Cristina Martinez's daughters. Cristina Martinez is trying desperately to get back to the El Paso area so she can officially identify her kids, nephews and sister (Abigail) who died in the crash. However, because of Hurricane Beryl sweeping through Houston, they are stuck.
"(Cristina Martinez) is trying to get back, but because of the hurricane, there's no flights right now," said Jerry Marquez, who worked with Cristina and Abigail Martinez for several years, "We were talking a while ago when the little boy passed away, Abigail's son, and, she texted us back that she just had 5 percent left on her phone, and no way to charge it, and, she just wants to be with her family. This is a tremendous pain, she said 'I just want to be with my daughters.' She needs to come home and see them, and identify them. "
Jerry Marquez says that the two boys who died in the crash are Abigail Martinez's sons, and the two girls who passed away in the wreck were the daughters of Cristina Martinez.
As mentioned, the last living daughter of Cristina Martinez is with her in Houston as they're stranded because of the hurricane that swept through. The daughter just completed her medical stay for cancer in Houston, and was set to come back to the El Paso/Juarez area.
Once again, here's a link to the gofundme page.
Investigators say the car was traveling west on I-10 when Martinez drove off the road and into the median. She then over corrected and lost control of the car, investigators say. Her car came to rest on the frontage road. The investigation is still ongoing, police say.
