The woman killed by a trash truck in Santa Ana this week was a cancer survivor

Maria Rubalcava de Ruesga, the 69-year-old woman who was killed by a Republic Services trash truck in Santa Ana earlier this week had beaten pancreatic cancer prior to her fatal accident, according to a GoFundMe page launched by her family.Here are the comments posted by her family:
On Wednesday, November 19th, our family received the heartbreaking news that our mother had been struck by a vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene. For those who knew her, you know how loving, caring, and stro