LBPD confirms to LBREPORT.com that the mother, Raihan, has succumbed to her injuries She joins her son Omar (age 3) and her husband Joseph (30), the Awaida family wiped out by a driver arrested by LBPD on suspicion of DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter whose SUV-type vehicle struck the family while they walked on a sidewalk on Halloween night in LB's Los Cerritos neighborhood.

Funerals for father Joseph and son Omar are scheduled at 1 p.m. today (Mon. Nov. 4) at the Islamic Society of Orange County (Al Rahman Plaza, 9752 13th St., Garden Grove.)

A GoFundMe page states:

Services will start with a prayer immediately after the midday prayer (Dhuhr) at 1pm at the Islamic Society of Orange County (Google map here).

After the prayer, the burial will be about 1 mile away at the Muslim plot in Westminster Memorial Park Mortuary (Google map here). Please also carpool from the Islamic Society.

The family will also be receiving condolences for three days, each day from 6-9pm.

Nov 4th: Islamic Society of Orange County (https://goo.gl/maps/PS5BCEiLXhr3kgcz9)

Nov 5th: Ansar Mosque (https://tinyurl.com/y4d6nyjj)

Nov 6th: Long Beach Islamic Center (https://goo.gl/maps/BWjw4QuwoNbtzVSVA)

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As of dawn Monday Nov. 4, the GoFundMe page stated that it had raised over $179,000. The GoFundMe page stated on Nov. 2:

In the interest of transparency, we (fundraiser campaign managers) are happy to disclose we are attempting to cover medical, funeral, and other financial burdens the family will have to endure as a result of this tragedy, in addition to the Sadaqa Jariya/legacy project mentioned [in a previous GoFundMe update]. We continue to thank you for your hearts of generosity towards the Awaida family.

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A Nov. 2 LBPD release stated:

On October 31, 2019 at approximately 9:55 p.m., officers responded to an injury traffic collision in the area of Country Club Drive and Los Cerritos Park Place involving a vehicle and three pedestrians, which resulted in the death of a male adult.

Nov. 2 Update: Officers were notified that the juvenile [a three year old] involved in the October 31 traffic collision succumbed to his injuries earlier that morning.

...Long Beach Fire Department personnel responded and began administering life-saving measures to the critically injured pedestrians. All three pedestrians were transported to local hospitals, where the male adult pedestrian later succumbed to his injuries.

The preliminary investigation revealed that the driver of a 2002 Toyota Sequoia was traveling southbound on Country Club Drive approaching Los Cerritos Park when he failed to negotiate a turn in the roadway, drove up onto the sidewalk, and struck the three pedestrians, who were walking southbound on the west sidewalk of Country Club Drive. The three pedestrians are all residents of Long Beach and are from the same family.

The driver of the vehicle, later identified as 20-year-old Carlo Navarro of Long Beach, was detained at the scene and a DUI investigation was initiated. Navarro was taken into custody and booked for driving under the influence and gross vehicular manslaughter and is being held in the Long Beach City Jail on $100,000 bail...

Mr. Awaida's Facebook page indicates he worked at (we presume owned) Joe's Auto Center (2801 LB Blvd.). He attended LB Poly High.

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