Ashley Ballester's Family Exclusively Speaks to 22News

SPRINGFIELD, MASS (WWLP) - Springfield Police are still searching for a driver involved in a hit and run accident Friday night that took the life of 19 year of Ashley Ballester.

Sunday night her family spoke exclusively to 22News reporter Raven Santana.

Ashley Ballester's mom who requested to go under the name "Ivy" Ballester, is mourning the death of her 19 year old daughter Ashley Ballester.

The woman who was struck and killed in a hit and run while crossing Sumner Avenue on Friday night with her two year old baby daughter in the stroller.

The baby survived, but but Ashley Ballester was killed in the hit-and-run accident.

Neighbor, Jose Rodriguez told 22News his son Jackson Ruiz found the baby.

Ballester told 22News hours before Ashley's death, she had taken the bus to Holyoke Mall where she spent the day shopping for her baby daughter's birthday.

Ashley's friends remember her as someone who always had a smile on her face.

Xiomara Rodriguez told 22News from the age of eight to twelve years old, Ashley was fed by a feeding tube due to a disability.

Distraught Family, friends and neighbors gathered Sunday night to pray next to a shrine where flowers and cards were placed in Ashley's memory.

Ballester told 22News she hopes the person responsible for her daughter's death comes forward.