Linda Cochran, 65, killed in pedestrian collision with alleged hit-and-run driver Aroldo Vela-Chavez, 26, on West Leland Road in Pittsburg, California
Update: Pittsburg woman walked route where she was killed in hit-run-crash daily
Jay Cochran told ABC7 that his wife walked every morning to take a break from the full-time care she provided for her two disabled sons.
"When you think about a mother, she's the heart and soul," Jay Cochran told the station. "And my wife, under constant pressure from work and from Joel and Jonah and the rest of the family, always, always, always was caring about everyone else and then her. And she's going to be very much missed."
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