{"id":48037,"date":"2025-11-21T23:55:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T23:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/48037\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T23:55:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T23:55:27","slug":"grandmother-decapitated-by-garbage-truck-in-california-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/48037\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandmother decapitated by garbage truck in California identified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 69-year-old grandma who had just beaten cancer was decapitated by a garbage truck near horrified school kids and parents in California this week.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Rubalcava de Ruesga was crossing the street around 8 a.m. Wednesday near Pio Pico Elementary School in Santa Ana, just as parents were dropping their kids off, when she was mowed down, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>She was struck as the truck turned right at a roundabout near Shelton and Bishop streets, leaving her \u201ccrushed under the tires\u201d and her \u201chead was destroyed,\u201d authorities said. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77777778;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37731326\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ocfa-responded-scene-discovered-trash-115970914.jpg\" alt=\"Maria Rubalcava de Ruesga with a red flower in her hair.\" class=\"wp-image-37731326\"  \/>Maria Rubalcava de Ruesga was a grandmother of eight. gofundme.com<\/p>\n<p>The truck driver stayed at the scene, where the victim was pronounced dead, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very dangerous,\u201d Alondra Grijalva told Univision, referring to the roundabout. <\/p>\n<p>The victim had beaten pancreatic cancer and been in remission for a year when she was killed. She is survived by her kids and eight grandchildren. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/ydhnby-help-us-honor-our-beloved-mothers-memory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Family members set up a GoFundMe<\/a> with a goal of raising $10,000 to pay for her funeral and \u201cgive her the beautiful, dignified farewell she deserves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.66504065;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37731327\" width=\"982\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/115971538.jpg\" alt=\"The intersection of W Bishop Street and S Shelton Street from a street-level view, with residential houses in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-37731327\"  \/>The street where the grandma was killed is known for a high volume of traffic. <\/p>\n<p>The local school district has set up a crisis team offering support for those who may have witnessed the tragedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 69-year-old grandma who had just beaten cancer was decapitated by a garbage truck near horrified school kids&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2136,254,9,11,10,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-48037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-car-crashes","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-news","13":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}