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Couple killed in Uber had enjoyed 'date night' before deadly crash Family members say prior to crash, Santa Fe couple was enjoying date night in Albuquerque Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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>> THEY WERE DOING THE RIGHT THING. NANCY: FAMILY MEMBERS OF KRISTINA MARTINEZ TELL US SHE AND HER LONGTIME BOYFRIEND, ROBERT GALLEGOS, WERE IN ALBUQUERQUE FOR WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A FUN NIGHT OUT. THEY WERE IN THE BACK SEAT OF AN UBER, WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER SLAMMED INTO THEM AT T INTERSECTION OF ALAMEDA AND I-25. THE YOUNG COUPLE DIED AT THE SCENE. FAMILY MEMBERS ARE STILL TRYING TO PROCESS WHAT HAPPENED. >> MINUTE BY MINUTE. WE’RE JUST KIND OF LETTING IT SINK IN AND TRYING TO FIGU THINGS OUT AND JUST BEING HERE FOR EACH OTHER. NANCY: KRISTINA WAS A MOTHER OF TWO LITTLE GIRLS. SHE WORKED AT HOME DEPOT. ROBERT, THEY SAY, WAS A SOCIAL WORKER WHO CARED FOR THE ELDERLY. >> THEY WERE BOTH VERY RESPONSIBLE ALL THE TIME THEY WERE DOING WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY NEEDED TO DO TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME SAFELY, AND IT’S A SHAME THAT NOT EVERYBODY DOES THAT. NANCY: POLICE THINK THE DRIVER THAT SLAMMED INTO THE UBER WAS SPEEDING AND IMPAIRED. THEY ARE WAITING FOR BLOOD TEST RESULTS TO COME BACK TO SEE IF HE’LL BE CRIMINALLY CHARGED. NOW FRIENDS OF ROBERT AND CHRISTINA ARE HOLDING AN EVENT IN SANTA FE TO RAISE MONEY FOR THEIR FUNERALS, AND FOR HER DAUG