Couple killed in Aurora traffic crash were married for 25 years

A Montbello couple, joined for 25 years, died successful an aboriginal greeting two-vehicle clang successful Aurora.

The mates were identified Monday by the Adams County Coroner’s Office arsenic Rosalino Gonzalez-Salinas, 56, and 55-year-old Sandra Tapia-Cisneros.

The clang happened astatine astir 12:35 a.m. Sept. 19 adjacent East 38th Avenue and North Windsor Drive, according to police. They died astatine the scene.

Gonzalez-Salinas, a metallic worker, had picked up his wife, Tapia-Cisneros, from her janitorial occupation and they were driving location erstwhile the clang happened, said Ben Rhoton, a person of the mates who is dating their mediate daughter, 22-year-old Aitza.

“They were the kindest radical successful the world,” Rhoton said. “They worked hard and did everything they could for their daughters and the community.”

The mates is besides survived by daughters Karen, 23, and 16-year-old Adamaris.

Tapia-Cisneros was known successful her assemblage for organizing artifact drives for children and a turkey thrust for families astir Thanksgiving, Rhoton said. Gonzalez-Salinas loaned neighbors and friends tools arsenic a mode to assistance out.

“They ever had smiles connected their faces and were doing everything for everyone,” Rhoton said. “Their daughters were truly distraught, it deed them truly hard.”

A GoFundMe leafage has been organized by Rhoton to help the survivors with ceremonial and memorial expenses. The GFM extremity is $50,000. As of Tuesday day astir 423 donors had raised conscionable nether implicit $43,000.

The clang progressive a Chevrolet Malibu, driven by Gonzalez-Salinas, and a Chevrolet Cruz. The operator of the Cruz was taken to a section infirmary and was inactive determination arsenic of Wednesday afternoon.

The Cruz was traveling eastbound connected 38th Avenue erstwhile the Malibu was turning near from Windsor to spell westbound connected 38th erstwhile the Cruz collided with the Malibu, constabulary said. The operator of the Cruz was going astatine a “high-rate of velocity anterior to the collision.” An probe is ongoing.

Anyone with accusation connected the clang is asked to telephone constabulary astatine 303-739-7000, oregon telephone Metro Denver Crime Stoppers astatine 720-913-7867 (STOP).