SOUTH LOS ANGELES, CA : 8-year-old girl dies after Thanksgiving crash that killed mother on Tuesday, 28th November 2023

An 8-year-old girl has died several days after she and her mother were struck by a vehicle at a bus stop in South Los Angeles, authorities confirmed Tuesday.

Her mother died soon after the crash, and the child passed away early Monday evening, a Los Angeles Police Department detective told ABC7. A GoFundMe set up to help the family has identified the young girl as Alexa Antonio Aragon.

Alexa and her mother, 26-year-old Alma Aragon, were waiting at a bus stop in the 1700 block of West 83rd Street about 1:30 p.m. Thursday when they were hit by an SUV, the LAPD said.

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