Investigators say speed may have been a factor, and they’re investigating if street racing led to the crash that killed Tanya Cypert.<\/p>\n
ARLINGTON, Texas \u2014 Along a busy stretch of South Cooper Street in Arlington, a grieving family returned to the place where their lives changed in seconds.<\/p>\n
Chance and Ethan Cypert stood near the intersection of South Cooper Street and Eden Road remembering their mother, 54-year-old Tanya Cypert, who was killed in a crash Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n
To them, she was more than a mother, she was their best friend. Friends and coworkers often described her as \u201ceverybody\u2019s mom.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe really was just a great person. She was very selfless,\u201d her son Ethan Cypert said.<\/p>\n
According to the Arlington Police Department, officers responded to the intersection around 12:34 p.m. Friday after reports of a major crash involving two vehicles.<\/p>\n
Investigators said Tanya Cypert was driving a 2022 Hyundai Tucson southbound on Cooper Street and was in a turn lane attempting to make a left turn onto Eden Road when a northbound 2025 Mercedes-Benz collided with her vehicle.<\/p>\n
Her sons said she had simply been on her way to pick up food. Her French bulldog, which often rode with her, was in the car.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was just a normal day and then in the blink of an eye\u2026\u201d her son Chance Cypert said.<\/p>\n
Chance said he first realized something was wrong when he received an automatic SOS alert from his mother\u2019s phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was like this can\u2019t be good. I gave her a call and it was an off-duty police officer who picked up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Tanya Cypert was taken to a local hospital but died about an hour later, according to police. Her dog also died in the crash, her family told WFAA.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey went together. I don\u2019t think she would\u2019ve had it any other way,\u201d Ethan Cypert said.<\/p>\n
Back at the crash site, tire marks and debris still line the roadway, reminders of how violent the collision was.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer engine flew about 300 yards that way,\u201d Chance Cypert said, pointing down the road.<\/p>\n
Police said the driver of the Mercedes-Benz, an adult man, was also injured and taken to a hospital.<\/p>\n
Crash investigators believe speed may have played a role in the collision. Authorities are also working to determine whether the Mercedes driver may have been street racing before the crash, though that has not been confirmed.<\/p>\n
No arrests have been made and no criminal charges have been filed, according to an Arlington PD spokesperson.<\/p>\n
For Chance Cypert, the loss is difficult to process.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou wanna be angry so badly when something like this happens, especially when it\u2019s unnecessary and people making dumb decisions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Instead, he says he is trying to focus on the life his mother lived.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe wouldn\u2019t want us mourning her death. She would want us celebrating her life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n