{"id":35263,"date":"2025-11-04T20:47:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T20:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/35263\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T20:47:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T20:47:18","slug":"elderly-juarez-shopper-dies-after-hit-by-pickup-in-downtown-el-paso-crosswalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/35263\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly Ju\u00e1rez shopper dies after hit by pickup in Downtown El Paso crosswalk"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Ju\u00e1rez woman has died at a hospital days after she was hit by a pickup truck on a crosswalk while shopping in Downtown El Paso, police said.<\/p>\n

Ricarda Meza Escobedo, 71, was fatally injured in a video-recorded pedestrian collision on Oct. 24 that remains under investigation, El Paso Police Department spokesman Officer Adrian Cisneros stated in a news release on Monday, Nov. 3.<\/p>\n

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The El Paso County Medical Examiner’s Office notified police that Meza Escobedo had died of her injuries on Saturday, Nov. 1.<\/p>\n

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A woman was fatally struck by a pickup truck on Oct. 24 at this crosswalk on South Stanton Street at Seventh Avenue in Downtown El Paso seen in this file photo from Nov. 8, 2021.<\/p>\n

Meza Escobedo’s family told NM\u00e1s (N+) news<\/a> in Ju\u00e1rez that she was walking home after shopping. The collision occurred at 9:32 a.m. on Oct. 24 on Seventh Avenue and South Stanton Street by Mata’s Fruit Store, El Paso police reported.<\/p>\n

Security camera video obtained by Telemundo Channel 48-KTDO<\/a> shows Meza Escobedo pulling a small shopping cart as she walks across the street when a blue pickup turns left and strikes her.<\/p>\n

The 2024 Chevrolet Colorado, driven by Monica Salas, 58, of Sunland Park, New Mexico, was southbound on Stanton when the truck made a left turn and hit Meza Escobedo, police stated.<\/p>\n

No charges have been filed, but police noted the driver’s failure to yield the right of way to a pedestrian as a factor in the crash. An investigation continues.<\/p>\n

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October is historically the most dangerous month for pedestrians<\/a> in Texas, often due to reduced daylight. The Downtown crash was one of two fatal pedestrian crashes in El Paso<\/a> within two days.<\/p>\n

On the night of Oct. 26, Elena Alarcon, 84, and Adan Vasquez, 58, were crossing the street at a crosswalk when they were both hit by a pickup exiting a parking lot on George Dieter Drive in the East Side, police said. Alarcon died on Saturday, Nov. 1, at a hospital. That case is also still under investigation.<\/p>\n

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\"Shoppers<\/p>\n

Shoppers wearing facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic visit Mata’s Fruit Store at Downtown El Paso, in this file photo from Nov. 8, 2021.<\/p>\n

There have been 56 traffic-related deaths in El Paso this year compared with 57 at the same time last year, according to police numbers.<\/p>\n

Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com and\u00a0@BorundaDaniel<\/a>\u00a0on X.<\/p>\n

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