Maria Maldonado and Melissa Cervantes - killed by hit and run driver in Georgia

Maria Maldonado (L); Melissa Cervantes (R)

Maria Cervantes Maldonado, age 36 and her daughter, Melissa Cervantes, age 6, died in the evening of July 18, 2013, on a road in Lilburn, Georgia.

They were walking home from a Family Dollar store, about a mile from their home. They were on the sidewalk, when a pick-up truck tried to get around another vehicle, over-corrected, running up on the sidewalk and killing the pedestrians.

Spencer Prigmore

Spencer Prigmore, age 43, was arrested a short time later and charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving, hit-and-run and two counts of vehicular homicide. It is believed that he was doped up at the time of the crime. A woman was in the pick-up truck with Prigmore. It took her 5 hours to sober up enough to even state her address. She was not driving the truck and was released.

Angels of God, pray for Maria
and for Melissa, and for those
who have lost them.

Spencer Prigmore's criminal record shows charges in at least three counties for bad debts, battery, theft, shoplifting and a prior drunk driving charge. This dude is bad news from the word go.  He has a rap sheet like Judas.

Friends describe Maria Maldonado as a mother who lived to work for her daughter. She had a sense of humor and was always cracking jokes.

Friends stated that Maria adored her daughter. 

Maria and Melissa are survived by many loving friends and relatives who will forever miss them.

Pray for justice for Maria and Melissa. Amen. 

God save us from the drunk and the doped up drivers. It isn't even safe to walk on the sidewalk. These freaks are killing us, Father. Amen.

Pray that Maria and Melissa are in heaven. Pray that they are at peace and are with God. Amen.