SAN ANTONIO – The older brother of a woman hit and killed on the Southeast side has inherited a family of three.<\/p>\n
33-year-old Jeanette Espitia was killed in a pedestrian crash on SE Military drive Thursday night.<\/p>\n
Flowers are now left at the front door of the mother of three’s apartment.<\/p>\n
“I love her so much. She was my best friend,” her brother, Jesse Espitia said tearfully.<\/p>\n
He said Jeanette was walking with her child to their apartment on military drive. They were getting off the bus, after buying diapers from a nearby Walmart, when they reportedly crossed here at Old Corpus Christi Rd. That’s when they were hit.<\/p>\n
“That was the worst thing she could have done, is not use a crosswalk,” Jesse said. “I wasn’t here when that happened. I always tell her ‘I’m going to leave, don’t go outside. Don’t go walking around,’. I always told her it’s not safe. It’s not well lit.”<\/p>\n
Jeanette was a mother of three. She was due to give birth to her fourth child next month. She and the unborn baby were pronounced dead at the hospital.<\/p>\n
The child walking with her with her is okay.<\/p>\n
Jesse and their family were excited to welcome the baby boy; he was going to be named ‘JJ’, after their late brother. Now, the Espitia family is faced with what seems to be a never-ending streak of tragedies.<\/p>\n
“It’s been tough for us,” he started. “You know, in the past three years, I lost my mom, my dad, my two brothers, now my sister. I miss them all. I feel so alone.”<\/p>\n
Those deaths ranging from one medical condition to another. Now Jesse is adjusting to life as father of three.<\/p>\n
“These are my babies now, and I got to watch them,” he said. “I’m the only one that’s left in my family. So, I’m alone and I gotta be strong for them.”<\/p>\n
He’s asking the community to take away an important message from his sister’s death.<\/p>\n
“Use a crosswalk. Just use the crosswalk,” he urged. “I know it’s just a couple feet down, but use it. I don’t want anybody ending up like my sister.”<\/p>\n
There’s no word on whether the driver involved will face any charges. They did stop after the crash.<\/p>\n
SAN ANTONIO – The pregnant woman who died late Thursday night after being struck by a sedan while crossing a South Side street has been identified.<\/p>\n
The accident happened after 10:30 p.m. on Southeast Military Drive near South Presa Street.<\/p>\n
According to the family, Jeanette Espitia and her unborn child were hit while crossing a roadway with a young child. The child was not injured.<\/p>\n
The driver of the sedan stopped to help, and charges have not been filed. Espitia leaves behind three young children. <\/p>\n