Wife Killed Herself Because She Was Unable to Cope with Husband's Death

Velazco Ibáñez was to commit suicide to rejoin her soul mate in the after world. Worried by her suicidal thoughts, the woman’s family kept her locked up at home but it only worked for so long. After a few days, María got out and ran straight toward the nearby highway and threw herself in the way of the first larger vehicle.

 Ironically, it happened to have been an ambulance. The event took place at the entrance of El Abra congregation on the busy Mexico-Laredo highway, on the section between Ciudad Mante and Antiguo Morelos in Tamaulipas.

The woman’s husband was claimed by cancer. Her family said they would not seek prosecution of 28 year old Geovani Cruz Ledesma, driver of the ambulance belonging to the municipality of Antiguo Morelos llamado, because they had been aware of the woman’s suicidal thoughts and realized there was little he could have done to avoid hitting her.