MIAMI — Aluna Urrutia organized a fundraiser after her dear friend Cinthia Liliana Sierra Linares, a Colombian migrant who neighbors described as a hard worker, died tragically in Miami.
Sierra Linares, 35, was pronounced dead shortly after 11:10 p.m. on Thursday at Northwest 12 Avenue and 20 Street in the Allapattah area after a 24-year-old man struck her car, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.
“We are coming together to support her family with funeral expenses and to give her the farewell she deserves,” Urrutia, who was also born in Colombia, wrote on a GoFundMe page that she created on Friday.
On Linkedin, Sierra Linares listed her occupation as a specialist in e-commerce operations and a bachelor’s degree from the Universidad Militar Nueva Granada in Bogotá, Colombia.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Lt. Pete Sanchez said the 24-year-old man who was involved in the crash suffered a wrist injury, and fire rescue personnel took him to Jackson Memorial Hospital.
The man, whose identity wasn’t public on Saturday afternoon, was also a suspect in a hit-and-run crash on Thursday night at Northwest 12 Avenue and 11 Street, police said.
Miami police officers suspect the man ran a red light before the fatal crash at Northwest 12 Avenue and 20 Street. They had yet to release the results of a toxicology test.
Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477 to remain anonymous.
Local 10 News Assignment Editor Joyce Grace Ortega contributed to this report.
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