Plautila Aguirre: Texas grandmother, 71, known as a 'sweet person' dies after a car crashes into her apartment building

GARLAND, TEXAS: A grandmother has tragically lost her life after a car crashed into her Garland, Texas, apartment building on Tuesday, January 23.  According to The Dallas Morning News and ABC affiliate WFAA-TV, authorities said a man was driving a Buick LeSabre near Fieldcrest Drive and Jupiter Road after 9 am local time when he lost control of the vehicle during what may have been a suspected medical episode. 

The driver hit another car before continuing through the complex’s entrance and slamming into the building in the 1700 block of North Jupiter Road, the Morning News and NBC affiliate KXAS-TV reported. Plautila Aguirre, 71, was inside the first-floor apartment hit by the Buick, as per the reports. She was transported to a local hospital where she later died.

What did Plautila Aguirre's daughter say?

Elda Deleon, Aguirre’s daughter, described her mother to KXAS-TV as a “sweet person” who always had “a lot of friends.” “It’s hard. Really hard because nobody is ready for this day,” Deleon said. She later added, “Wherever [Aguirre is] at, wherever she goes, she has a smile for everybody, she tries to help everybody.”

Plautila Aguirre's neighbor said that the accident sounded like 'an airplane crash'

Aguirre’s neighbor, meanwhile, told WFAA that “it sounded like an airplane crashing” when the collision occurred. “I just knew it was the loudest sound I've ever heard," added Jamey Fritts, who lives in the apartment next door. Fritts said the “whole car” was lodged “fully inside the apartment” after the crash.

The Buick driver, who has not been publicly identified, was hospitalized with minor injuries, as per the reports. He has reportedly been cooperating with police who do not expect to press criminal charges.

3-year-old girl killed in multi-vehicle crash in New Jersey over weekend

Meaww previously reported that a 3-year-old girl tragically lost her life in a multi-vehicle crash in New Jersey over the weekend.

In a press release, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office said that authorities responded to New Jersey State Route 34 just north of the interchange with State Route 33 in Howell on a report of a collision on Saturday, January 13, around 4.45 pm local time. 

"At that location, they found the three involved vehicles, a 2014 Dodge Ram pickup truck with an adult female driver, a 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee with an adult female driver and three passengers, including two children, and a 2021 Ford Bronco with an adult female driver," according to the prosecutor's office.

Prosecutors said that on Friday a 34-year-old woman was driving the Jeep, while a 37-year-old woman was a passenger inside the vehicle along with a 2-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl, identified as Kylie Williams by loved ones and NJ Advance Media.

Kylie was seriously injured and transported to a local hospital for treatment and the 2-year-old boy sustained minor injuries, according to the authorities.