Crime & Safety

Family Mourns Carrollton Mother Of 8 Killed In Hit-And-Run Crash

Canales was driving home from the grocery store with five of her eight children when a hit-and-run driver slammed into them on Oct. 24.

October 26, 2022

Family and friends are mourning the death of Carrollton mother Aurora Lizeth Canales, 43.

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According to a GoFundMe page, Canales was driving home from the grocery store with five of her eight children when a hit-and-run driver slammed into them on Oct. 24. It happened at Marsh Lane and Dove Creek Lane.

Police said the crash wasn't related to street racing but that the person responsible was driving at a high rate of speed. They were driving southbound on Marsh, crossed the median hitting Canales' car head-on, then fled.

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