Mother of 2 who was 7 months pregnant dies in car crash, Alabama officials say

A 28-year-old woman who was seven months pregnant died in a car crash, according to Alabama authorities.

Laurina Hernandez, of Quincy, Illinois, was a passenger in a 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe when it struck a ditch and flipped over near Athens around 2 a.m. on Oct. 21, according to a statement from Trooper Justin O’Neal of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

Athens is about 95 miles north of Birmingham.

First responders took Hernandez to a hospital, where she died of her injuries, according to the statement. She was not wearing a seatbelt.

The driver, a 20-year-old man, was not injured, the statement says.

Hernandez was seven months pregnant, al.com reported.

Hernandez had two daughters and a husband, according to a GoFundMe page.

People on Facebook remembered Hernandez as a kind, loving person.

“I loved her she was a lovely lady,” a user called Kelsey Kellow Michael Kellow commented on a Facebook post from Hernandez’s aunt. “She had a big heart.”

“I worked with her and she was a nice sweet person,” wrote another user, Tiffany Ellis.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Highway Patrol division is investigating the crash, according to the statement.

This story was originally published October 24, 2022 at 4:12 PM with the headline "Mother of 2 who was 7 months pregnant dies in car crash, Alabama officials say."