She was reportedly a mother of two children.
\n\nImage via @TodaysNewsco/x & Karla Maria González/Facebook
\n\nA 38-year-old runner in Ecuador was training for her first marathon when she was struck by a truck in a hit-and-run accident early in the morning of Sep. 4.
\n\nShe was reportedly the mother of two children.
\n\nWhere is the Buzz reports that 38-year-old Monica Andrea Martinich Cohn, also identified as Monica Martinich, was running along the four-lane E40 highway outside of the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador.
\n\nA video of the incident shows the three runners were occupying the rightmost lane on the highway.
\n\nEcuador drives on the right side of the road, meaning the runners were running in what might be expected to be the slowest-moving lane.
\n\nThe incident occurred around 4:30 am on Sep. 4, and the sky was still very dark.
\n\nHowever, the street was well lit with bright LED lights, and the rightmost runner was wearing a bright neon yellow shirt with a blinking red light attached to his shorts.
\n\nThe runners also had a pickup truck escorting them, moving slowly alongside while displaying its hazard lights.
\n\nScreenshot from Connectus Skycath/ Facebook.
\n\nThe truck was in the second lane from the…
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