HESPERIA — A tragic accident that claimed a young Hesperia mother and one of her three sons, and left another still missing, has left family members "devastated" and "heartbroken," they told the Daily Press on Friday. Garcia, who is a cousin of the family, told the Daily Press authorities told the family the Volkswagen was traveling west on Main Street but it's still unknown what caused it to crash into the aqueduct.  [[ DISCLAIMER: there are three gofundme accounts available (Steven Abbott, Natalia Garcia, & Abundant Living Church) and donations to either of them will go towards memorial services ]] Hello everybody.
– A California family's grief deepened Saturday after divers called off the search for 2-year-old Noah Abbott, who has been missing since Thursday when the car his mother was driving crashed into an aqueduct, the Mercury News reports. The bodies of Christina Estrada, 31, and another son, Jeremiah, 3, were previously recovered, but Noah remains missing and presumed dead. The family's attention now turns to the lone survivor, Elijah Estrada, 10, who was released from a hospital over the weekend. He had been ejected from the red Volkswagen convertible, and witnesses say they helped pull him from the water, where he had been holding on to flotation buoys. Elijah's uncle, Steven Abbott, tells the Victorville Daily Press that the boy is doing well and appears to be in good health. Relatives kept a vigil at the aqueduct in Hesperia amid a makeshift memorial of candles, flowers, and stuffed animals as police searched for Noah in the water and by air. Authorities ended the search because of unsafe conditions from a strong current and poor visibility. Two GoFundMe accounts (here and here) have been set up to help Kevin Abbott, the husband and father, pay funeral expenses. Abbott, an Iraq War veteran who was not in the car, is "having a hard time right now," says a cousin. "He's been put in a position where he's now a single father, so we're looking for any support we can get." The car crashed through a fence and into water about 6:40pm Thursday, and the cause is under investigation. It was fully submerged when found.