{"id":461457,"date":"2026-10-09T19:20:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T19:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/461457\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T19:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T19:20:41","slug":"beautiful-smile-wonderful-laugh-el-paso-mom-killed-in-crash-mourned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/461457\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Beautiful smile, wonderful laugh.’ El Paso mom killed in crash mourned"},"content":{"rendered":"

Family and friends are mourning the death of an El Paso mother killed in a fiery crash<\/a> with a high-mast light pole on the border highway.<\/p>\n

Celeste “Ryanne” Dionne Dominguez, 33, was a creative, talented and caring person and the loving mother of a 2-year-old girl, stated a Sunset Funeral Homes<\/a> obituary.<\/p>\n

“Celeste was funny and witty, with a beautiful smile and a wonderful laugh that will be deeply missed,” the obituary stated.<\/p>\n

\"Celeste<\/p>\n

Celeste Dominguez, 33, who was the mother of a 2-year-old girl, died in a single-vehicle car crash on the border highway near Midway Drive in El Paso’s Lower Valley on Oct. 3, 2026.<\/p>\n

Dominguez, known as “Ryanne” to her closest friends, was a graduate of Americas High School and had studied fashion at El Paso Community College, the obituary stated. She had “a wonderful sense of humor” and was talented, with a passion for drawing and photography. She loved animals and had a knack for caring for plants.<\/p>\n

A GoFundMe page<\/a>, created to help with funeral expenses and to help support her daughter, Hitomi, has collected more than $5,900 in donations as of Thursday morning, Oct. 8.<\/p>\n

A funeral service visitation will be from 4-8 p.m., with a rosary service at 7 p.m. on Oct. 22 at Sunset Funeral Homes East, 750 N. Carolina Drive. A funeral Mass will take place at 10 a.m. on Oct. 23 at St. Mark Catholic Church, 11700 Pebble Hills Blvd.<\/p>\n

More: New anti-DWI strategy seeks to change El Paso ‘drinking culture’<\/a><\/p>\n

El Paso mom among 5 traffic deaths last weekend<\/p>\n

Dominguez was one of five people who died <\/a>on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2-3, in three separate traffic crashes in El Paso.<\/p>\n

Dominguez was driving a 2015 Mazda 3 at 12:18 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, when she lost control of the car on the border highway near Midway Drive in the Riverside area of the Lower Valley, El Paso police reported.<\/p>\n

More: El Paso fatal crash tracker 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Dominguez veered to the right for unknown reasons, drove off the road and crashed into a large light pole, causing the car to catch fire, police said. She died in the wreck.<\/p>\n

Police suspect that speed and alcohol were possible factors in the crash.<\/p>\n

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

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