The tragedy claimed the life of a Russian-speaking mother of two children from Los Angeles: what really happened
'22.10.2018'
Relatives and friends of Yana Lavrentieva are discouraged: how much many media have misinterpreted the facts, while presenting the young woman who died in a terrible accident, in a very strange light.
Yana Lavrentyeva died as a result of an accident that occurred on the night of 13 on October 14. In the company of two friends, she stood at the crosswalk and waited for the traffic light to turn on. While the girls were waiting, Yana took off her uncomfortable shoes. This was done before the girls began to cross the road, and not at the very transition, as some sources submitted.
“Yana walked across the road without shoes, and we were in heels, which is why she walked faster, was a couple of meters ahead of us,” Yana's friend Yaroslav told the Woman Forum Daily. - The driver could not help but notice us: I was in a white jacket, Yana was also wearing a light dress. We were separated from Yana by several meters, the car swept by without even braking. ”
As Yaroslav says, after the tragedy, friends were several times at the scene of an accident: they bring flowers there, come to honor Yana’s memory. This pedestrian crossing, according to the girl, is quite dangerous, drivers do not always know what kind of traffic lights they are concerned about, someone stops, someone does not.
Perhaps the police should now pay attention to this stretch of road, until he took her one life, as happened with the life of Yana, a young mother of two children, a purposeful and bright person.
“She was, first of all, just that - a caring mother, a person who is ready to help, support, and she never presented herself as a“ beauty ”, as many now write,” Yaroslava shared. Yana, who in early childhood came with her parents to the United States from Latvia, in fact, in 2012 received the title "Mrs. Russian Los Angeles" - won a beauty contest for married women, but at the same time never put appearance above work. study, care for parents, husband, children.
On the portal Gofundme.com organized a fundraiser to help the family.
And the police, friends and relatives of Yana, meanwhile, are turning to possible witnesses to the tragedy.. The investigation suggests that the woman was hit by a silver Toyota 4-runner 1996-2000 year of release.
