Heartbreaking new details emerge about food vendor killed in horror North Hollywood crash — as it’s revealed she fed the needy for free

Teodora Villalobos, a 57-year-old food vendor known locally as Doris or “La Güerita”, was killed when a minivan struck a crowd near North Hollywood Metro station. Her family says she regularly gave food to people who could not afford it, and a fundraiser has been set up to help them with unexpected costs.

Villalobos, who was from El Salvador and had three children, sold pupusas, tamales and other food near Lankershim and Chandler boulevards. Two other vendors, including 73-year-old Maria Peck, also died. The driver, Ihor Demianenko, 61, has been charged with three counts of murder and two DUI-related offences; investigators allege he was speeding and lost control, and he remains held on $6 million bail.