{"id":260877,"date":"2026-04-10T09:32:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/260877\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T09:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:32:23","slug":"family-mourns-fresno-mom-son-killed-in-hit-and-run-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/260877\/","title":{"rendered":"Family mourns Fresno mom, son killed in hit-and-run crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Family and friends mourned a Fresno mom and her 9-year-old son who were killed in a hit-and-run crash at a vigil Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n

Loved ones gathered and placed lit candles outside Chosen Salon in Old Town Clovis, where Martha Hernandez, 41, worked.<\/p>\n

Martha\u2019s mother, Evangelina Herrera, spoke of her daughter outside the salon.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was a very good daughter \u2014 studious, with a desire to better herself and get ahead in life. She was always very hardworking and a fighter, a very noble person \u2014 very, very noble \u2014 and she loved helping everyone,\u201d Herrera said in Spanish.<\/p>\n

Herrera emotionally recalled her grandson, Adrian Hernandez, as a kind-hearted child.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd as for the boy, what can I say? He was such a good child \u2014 very loving, and also very studious and intelligent. He would come in and always say, \u2018Grandma, I love you very much.\u2019 He would give me a big hug,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Martha Hernandez will be buried in Mexico, her family confirmed. A GoFundMe<\/a> has been set up to help cover funeral expenses and support Hernandez\u2019s surviving 17-year-old son.<\/p>\n

Martha and Adrian Hernandez were killed early Monday. Police said the pair were on their way home from a family party in Madera when a motorist ran a red light and broadsided the mother and son.<\/p>\n

The force of the crash thrust Hernandez\u2019s car into a canal near McKinley Avenue and Fresno Street, and the driver of the other car fled the scene. Martha and Adrian Hernandez\u2019s bodies were later recovered from the canal.<\/p>\n

Later that day, Timothy Seth Chavez, 22, surrendered to authorities. He\u2019s charged with two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter, two counts of felony hit-and-run, driving without insurance and driving on a suspended license.<\/p>\n

According to booking records, Chavez is being held on a bail of around $82,000. As of Wednesday afternoon, records show that he\u2019s still in custody.<\/p>\n

Daniel Gurrola, Hernandez\u2019s father, and Herrera said they want justice for their daughter and grandson.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly hard for us. There\u2019s nothing we can do. We just want justice to be served \u2014 let the law take its proper course,\u201d Gurrola said.<\/p>\n


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