A 49-year-old Long Beach woman killed in a crash with a suspected drunk driver over the weekend was a fiercely loyal friend who had deep ties locally where she taught yoga for years and worked as a bartender for decades, according to family and friends.

Bridget Ingham spent her life trying to heal and care for others, her sister, Pam Rivera said.

“Probably one of the most outstanding characteristics about her was her dedication to people,” Bridget’s uncle, Tom Ingham said.

Bridget lived on Fourth Street in Long Beach where she taught yoga for 17 years, according to her family.

Many people knew Bridget from O’Malley’s on Main Irish pub in Seal Beach where she worked for more than 20 years, according to the bar’s manger Sean Byrne.

“She was part of furniture here,” he said.

According to Long Beach police, Bridget was driving through the intersection of 8th Street and Euclid Avenue around 7:50 p.m. when a suspected drunk driver in a Toyota Tacoma broadsided her car.

Police said they arrested the driver, 50-year-old Richard Roberts, on suspicion of DUI. Authorities haven’t yet announced any charges against Roberts.

Bridget was on her way to a friend’s house for a movie that night, according to her uncle.

He said she was just a few blocks from her destination, and when she didn’t show up on time, her friend went outside to investigate and saw the crash.

Thinking Bridget was stuck in traffic behind the wreck, her friend walked a little closer and saw rescuers taking Bridget out of the car, Tom Ingham said.

Paramedics rushed her to the hospital where she died, according to authorities.

Byrne and Bridget’s uncle were both effusive about her kindness.

“She really had just a tremendous heart,” Tom Ingham said. “I don’t think I ever heard her say a bad word about anyone ever.”

On Monday, O’Malley’s paid its respects to Bridget with a statement posted on its website and Facebook.

“Our sadness and sense of loss cannot transfer across mere words but our heartfelt condolences go out to her family and all of her friends, of which there were many,” it said in part. “Bridget was a familiar sight in Seal Beach before O’Malley’s first opened its doors and was a bright smile and friendly word behind the bar since.”

Byrne was working at O’Malley’s Saturday night when he got word that Bridget had been killed. The next day, he broke the news to about 40 of her co-workers and customers who came in expecting to see her again.

“People are loyal to their bartenders as well,” he said.

Bridget’s family is raising money for funeral expenses at youcaring.com.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated at the request of the family to remove reference to a prior relationship that Ingham had.