A woman who was killed when she plunged into the California Aqueduct in Hesperia on Friday morning managed to call her mother frantically to tell her she had just crashed and that her vehicle was filling with water.

“The last words that she was able to say to my mom before she went under completely and was no longer able to speak was ‘I love you,’ ” said Annette Linares, the sister of 24-year-old Xanthel Linares during a televised news conference near the aqueduct near Main Street near Escondido Avenue.

San Bernardino County Sheriffs Deputies take photos of the debris at the scene where Xanthel Linares, 24, died when her vehicle plunged into the aqueduct on Main Street near Escondido Ave early Friday morning in Hesperia, Ca. Linare managed to call her mother before she died. (Sarah Alvarado for The Sun)

A single bouquet of flowers were placed in the area where Xanthel Linares, 24, died when her vehicle plunged into the aqueduct on Main Street near Escondido Ave early Friday morning in Hesperia, Ca. Linare managed to call her mother before she died. (Sarah Alvarado for The Sun)

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San Bernardino County Sheriffs Deputies take photos of the debris at the scene where Xanthel Linares, 24, died when her vehicle plunged into the aqueduct on Main Street near Escondido Ave early Friday morning in Hesperia, Ca. Linare managed to call her mother before she died. (Sarah Alvarado for The Sun)

Xanthel Linares, 24, died when her vehicle plunged into the aqueduct on Main Street near Escondido Ave early Friday morning in Hesperia, Ca. Linare managed to call her mother before she died. (Sarah Alvarado for The Sun)

Xanthel Linares, 24, died when her vehicle plunged into the aqueduct on Main Street near Escondido Ave early Friday morning in Hesperia, Ca. Linare managed to call her mother before she died. (Sarah Alvarado for The Sun)



A man stands overlooking the scene where Xanthel Linares, 24, died when her vehicle plunged into the aqueduct on Main Street near Escondido Ave early Friday morning in Hesperia, Ca. Linare managed to call her mother before she died. (Sarah Alvarado for The Sun)

“She was screaming desperately,” said the woman’s mother, Patricia Linares.

Xanthel Linares was traveling west along Main Street near Escondido Avenue just after midnight when she lost control, went through the aqueduct fence and plunged into the water, according to video from the scene and sheriff’s information.

The vehicle was traveling on the shoulder before it crashed, according to officials.

Shortly after receiving the emergency call about the crash, deputies spotted a black 2017 Kia Forte submerged in the water, a news release stated.

Water flow in the aqueduct was immediately stopped and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dive Team began searching for the Forte, officials said. At approximately 2:30 a.m., divers found the vehicle about 1,400 feet south of the Main Street bridge with Xanthel Linares still inside.

Westbound Main Street was closed from Pyrite Avenue to Escondido Avenue while investigators processed the scene and reopened around 4 a.m.

The Hesperia station’s Major Accident Investigation Team is conducting the investigation.

This is the second time this year someone had died by crashing into the waterway.

In March, Christina Eileen Estrada, 31, her 3-year-old son, Jeremiah Abbott and 2-year-old Noah Abbott were killed after Estrada lost control of her vehicle and it crashed into the water. An older child, Elijah Estrada, 10, survived.

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