Elderly woman feeding the homeless in Sacramento dies in hit-and-run

September 29, 2021

An 87-year-old woman was killed while feeding homeless community members during a hit-and-run incident in Sacramento on Saturday.

What happened: The victim, identified as Lien Dang, was four to five blocks away from her home to help feed others when she was struck by a vehicle on Lemon Hill Avenue off Stockton Boulevard, according to ABC10.

“For her to be killed while doing a good deed is heartbreaking,” Dang’s daughter, Angela Chen, told the network. “My mother is a very loving, giving and most caring mother and grandmother to all of us and even people she doesn’t know…like the homeless.”
Dang was pronounced dead at the scene, and authorities are now trying to identify the driver, KCRA reported.
“We’re just asking the public to please help, and reach out to Sacramento PD to help expedite the arrest of this person,” Chen said.

A helping hand: Chen has set up a GoFundMe campaign to help her and her family handle the funeral and burial costs. The family has set a $35,000 goal, but they have only raised a little over $7,000 as of this writing.

“Lien was a loving and most caring mother, grandmother, and great grandmother,” Chen said in the GoFundMe post. “She was a wonderful, giving and kind-hearted person. Everyone who knew her is devastated of the [sic] tragedy.”

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