Wearing a red coat and a white hood, Galyna Legenkovska spoke publicly for the first time since her daughter Mariia was struck and killed by a vehicle in a hit-and-run. The incident occurred one week prior, on Dec. 13. Maria had been walking to school with her siblings and was hit while crossing an intersection in a school zone. Police said they started receiving calls to 911 at 8:05 a.m.
A funeral was held at a Ukrainian church in Montreal on Wednesday morning for 7-year- old Mariia Legenkovska, who was struck and killed by a vehicle in a hit-and-run on Dec. 13.
MONTREAL Members of Montreal's Ukrainian community gathered on Wednesday to remember seven-year-old Mariia Legenkovska, who had fled the Russian invasion of her home country, only to be killed in a hit and run.