Geena dining in Puerto Rico

Though long overdue, this site will be getting a much needed revamping in the coming days.  Geena, we still miss your beautiful smile but mostly your loving heart and amazing mind.

Burial was held in New York on Friday, September 17, 2004
at the South Salem Cemetery in South Salem, New York.

If you wish to make a monetary donation
in Geena’s name, the charity organization is 
Women In Distress of Broward County, Inc. (FL)
or the Elmsford Animal Shelter (NY).

Excerpt from a New York Newsday article on 9-12-2004:

At Broward County intersection with a malfunctioning traffic signal, Torres-Hodgins, on route to a check on a friend, is killed when a westbound SUV crashes into her stopped car. Perez is seriously injured.

Excerpt from a Sun-Sentinel news article on 9-7-2004:

A similar situation at Nob Hill Road and Commercial Boulevard in Broward County had deadly results Sunday, officials said.

The intersection’s traffic lights were flashing red in all directions when Geena Torres-Hodgins, 33, of Tamarac, heading south on Nob Hill Road, collided with a Chevrolet Suburban westbound on Commercial Boulevard, Broward County Sheriff’s officials said.

Torres-Hodgins died at Broward General Medical Center, sheriff’s spokeswoman Cheryl Stopnick said. Her passenger, Daniel Perez, 37, was listed in serious condition.

The driver of the Suburban, Alejandro [Alex] Dominguez, 43, of Parkland, and his passengers were not injured.

[Note from website author: it was a Chevrolet Avalanche, not a Suburban.]