Police have identified the woman killed last week in a crash in Rochester.
J’la Jimenez, 20, of Gates died in the crash, which occurred just before 9 p.m. Friday at Upper Falls Boulevard and Hudson Avenue, said Capt. Greg Bello of the Rochester Police Department.
Jimenez was driving one of two vehicles involved in the crash. She was southbound on Hudson Avenue and drove through a red light.
Her vehicle was then struck by a second vehicle, which was westbound on Upper Falls Boulevard and had a green light, causing her car to spin out of control and overturn.
Jimenez and her two passengers were all thrown from the vehicle, Bello said.
Jimenez was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, he said. Her two passengers – an 18-year-old woman and a 19-year-old woman – suffered minor injuries in the crash, according to police.
The driver and passenger of the second vehicle, both in their 20s, sustained minor injuries and were taken to Rochester General Hospital.
Police said there is no suspicion of alcohol or criminal activity. No charges have been filed in connection with the crash, which remains under investigation, Bello said.
In several social media posts, Jimenez’s mother Alina Jarrell mourned the loss of her daughter, who she described as her best friend, a woman with a “heart of gold” who went out of her way to encourage others.
“You were always so full of life always helping people because your heart was so big,” Jarrell said in one post.
Three days after the fatal crash, Jarrell said, her other daughter gave birth to a baby girl and named the baby J’la, in honor of her late aunt.
Jarrell launched an online fundraiser to help pay for her daughter’s funeral expenses.
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: J’la Jimenez killed in crash in Rochester NY
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