ST. LOUIS — St. Louis City police have identified the two women killed as 42-year-old Laticha Bracero and 21-year-old Alyssa Cordova. The Chicago mother and daughter were in St. Louis for the Drake concert.
The tragedy unfolded Wednesday night at 18th and Olive as fans were walking from the Enterprise Center to their cars.
“A gray Jeep Cherokee was traveling east on Olive at a high rate of speed, violating red electric signals as the jeep approached 18th Street. The driver violated the red electric signal and side swiped the front of a silver Mitsubishi that was traveling north on 18 after the initial collision,” said Captain Angela Dickerson, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. “The Jeep Cherokee began to rotate and struck two pedestrians, a mother and daughter, who were walking north across Olive in the crosswalk with the right away and through them to the northside walk of Olive.”
Four other people, including two teenagers, were injured in the accident. Police say the 22-year-old Jeep driver remains in critical condition. The Circuit Attorney’s Office is reviewing the case and has 24 hours from the time of arrest to file charges.
A friend of the family has set up a GoFundMe. She says the mother was a hard-working supervisor for a bank and her only child, Cordova, was a college student who worked part-time.
We are told Cordova loved music concerts and although she was old enough to travel to concerts on her own, her mom would always escort her. The two were inseparable and shared a strong bond.
Authorities say that speeding in the downtown area continues to be a major problem. It was just last February when a man was charged in a crash that forced the amputation of Janae Edmondson’s legs.