Police are searching for answers after a weekend accident that took the like of an elderly woman safely walking down the sidewalk.

According to witnesses of the accident, 63-year-old Theresa Valdez was walking home with one of her sons on a sidewalk when a vehicle jumped the curb and struck her.

She was rushed to a nearby hospital after the accident, but was later pronounced dead. The 23-year-old driver of the vehicle that hit Valdez was not seriously injured, and their identity has not yet been released.

A relative of the woman said she was returning home from wiring money to one of her daughters in Mexico when the accident happened.

Three of Valdez’s children currently live in Mexico, and the other five live locally in Las Vegas. Two of her sons are suffering from disabilities.

Police are currently engaged in a thorough investigation of the accident, and what caused the car to travel onto the curb. If the driver is deemed at fault, there could be felony charges pending, and considerable jail time.

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