Deputies have identified a suspect in Tuesday’s hit-and-run crash in Santa Fe County that killed a mother — a decadeslong employee with the city of Santa Fe — and injured

Authorities in Santa Fe have identified a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run. The incident took place on Tuesday, October 15. The Santa Fe Sheriff’s Office said Monique Maes, 43, of Santa Fe, was with her two children on Tuesday evening when they were hit by a vehicle on Paseo de Nopal.

A 43-year-old mother who was walking with her kids died after a vehicle hit them and fled the scene Tuesday, according to the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office. Monique Maes and her kids, ages 8 and 12,