Salon mourns mother killed while helping crash victims in Duncanville

Former boss remembers Yolanda Garth as a selfless mother who was killed while trying to help others

A North Texas mother of three is being remembered after an act of selflessness turned deadly.

Dallas County deputies say 40-year-old Yolanda Garth was hit and killed while trying to help victims of a crash in Duncanville.

“She was just always helping, always there for people,” said Cadie Maganga, owner of Labelle Braids and Beauty Supply in Dallas.

Maganga was Garth's mentor and boss, who says kindness was part of her routine.

“She was somebody I work with most of everyday and Yolanda was really nice, like, every morning she would bring me coffee,” Maganga said.

The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office says Garth was killed along Highway 67 near Main Street in Duncanville after stopping to help victims of a crash.

“She was always helping people and just knowing that she died trying to help was just very hard to process,” Maganga said.

Investigators say Garth was struck by another vehicle whose driver was trying to avoid hitting another crash and drove off the highway. Maganga says Garth and her family moved into a new house the day before she died.

“So it was kind of shocking to me and at the same time, I was worried about her kids because she really really loved them,” Maganga said.

Donations are being collected to help Garth’s daughters.

Her funeral is scheduled for Saturday in Dallas.

The Dallas County Sheriff's Office says the driver who struck Garth stopped and no charges are pending.