Family Fondly Remembers Heroic Meriden Mother Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver

MERIDEN, CT — Dania Cedeño Del Rosario, the 40-year-old mother tragically killed by a hit-and-run driver on Oct. 7, is being remembered by her devastated family as a thankful and thoughtful person, reports the Meriden Record-Journal.

Del Rosario died while heroically saving her seven-year-old daughter's life, and Denisse Guerrero remembers her mother as sometimes being silly when she tried to say certain words in English. Del Rosario was a Dominican native who moved to America three years ago.

A GoFundMe page has been established to help with the costs of funeral arrangements and to set up a scholarship for Denisse. As of Oct. 13, $1,895 had been raised toward a goal of $5,000.

Police are continuing their search for the driver who killed Del Rosario, and recently released surveillance photos in an effort to help find witnesses.

Click here to read the full story on the Meriden Record-Journal website.

Photo credit: GoFundMe page in memory of Dania Cedeño Del Rosario