29-year-old recent Ph.D. graduate identified as woman killed in crash on I-20

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A woman killed in a crash with a tractor-trailer on I-20 last week has been identified as a recent Ph.D. graduate.

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Carolina Figueroa-Mora, 29, was killed on I-20 west of Riverside Parkway in Cobb County on July 25. Police said that around 3:30 a.m., Figueroa’s Pontiac G6 suddenly rotated and hit a median wall. A semi hit the back of the Pontiac and caused the car to tumble.

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Figueroa-Mora, of Villa Rica, was pronounced dead at the scene. It’s unclear why she lost control of the car.

According to social media, she was a graduate of Georgia State University and Villa Rica High School and worked in healthcare.

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Friends have set up a GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses, calling her a “radiant person” and the “sunshine in our lives.”

You can donate to the GoFundMe HERE.

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