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Mother, 47, struck by train and killed while livestreaming her morning run with headphones on

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Kozhasbay, D. (2026, October 19). Mother, 47, struck by train and killed while livestreaming her morning run with headphones on. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16220587/Mother-47-struck-train-killed-livestreaming-morning-run-headphones-on.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Thelma Candelaria, 47, a mother of seven in Eloy, Arizona, was killed by a train while livestreaming her morning run on Snapchat with noise-canceling headphones on. The incident occurred when she did not hear an approaching train despite the horns being sounded and emergency brakes applied. Her daughter Alaisha pieced together what happened using surveillance footage and Candelaria's final videos. A fundraiser has been set up to support Candelaria’s seven children, three of whom are minors.

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Thelma Candelaria, a 47-year-old mother of seven from Eloy, Arizona, died on October 19, 2026, after being struck by a train while livestreaming her morning run on Snapchat. Wearing noise-canceling headphones that blocked out warning sounds and horns, Candelaria was hit by an oncoming train as she filmed another passing train from the opposite direction. The Eloy Police Department confirmed her death at the scene. Her daughter Alaisha, 29, used surveillance footage and social media posts to understand what happened. A GoFundMe campaign has raised over $11,000 for Candelaria's seven children, including her eldest child who will now head the household.

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A mom-of-seven was hit and killed by a train while videoing her morning jog on Snapchat. asserted

mom → hit → Snapchat

Thelma Candelaria, 47, was out on a morning run along railroad tracks in Eloy, Arizona when she was hit by an oncoming train. asserted

she → hit → train

Candelaria was using her phone to film one train, when another on a different track approached her from the opposite direction, her daughter Alaisha, 29, told AZ Family. asserted

daughter → use → Family

The videos she filmed for her Snapchat recorded her last moments before the fatal collision. asserted

she → film → collision

Candelaria did not see the oncoming train as headphones she was wearing blocked the sound, the outlet reported. asserted

outlet → see → sound

'She had her noise-canceling headphones on. asserted

headphones → have → ?

She was in her own world,' Alaisha told AZ Family. asserted

Alaisha → tell → Family

The train engineer saw the woman in between the train tracks and activated the emergency braking system, investigators told Fox 10. asserted

investigators → see → Fox

Both trains also sounded their horns. asserted

trains → sound → horns

Thelma Candelaria, 47, was out on a morning run when she got fatally struck by a train which approached her while she had noise-cancelling headphones on asserted

she → strike → headphones

The woman's daughter Alaisha was able to piece together what had happened to her mother using surveillance footage from around the train tracks and her mother's social media posts Eloy Police Department arrived at the area of Sunshine Boulevard and the railroad tracks along Frontier Street and found Candelaria dead on the scene, police said. asserted

police → piece → scene

A broken orange cellphone was also recovered from the scene. asserted

cellphone → break → scene

The police department said they were continuing to investigate the incident. asserted

they → say → incident

The family started a fundraiser through GoFundMe to help support Candelaria's seven children and their needs as they navigate through this tragedy. asserted

they → start → tragedy

Thelma leaves behind seven children, including three minors: Symphony (Nani), Evelyn, and Max. asserted

Thelma → leave → minors

Thelma Candelaria is survived by her seven children Her 21-year-old daughter, Shaunia, will now be stepping into the role of head of household, with the love and support of her 29-year-old sister, Alaisha,' the family wrote on GoFundMe. asserted

family → survive → GoFundMe

Candelaria was baptized just a few days before her death. asserted

Candelaria → baptize → death

'I find comfort knowing she gave her heart to the Lord, but my heart breaks for the children who must now navigate life without their mother,' the GoFundMe stated. asserted

GoFundMe → find → mother

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