Mass. mother killed in New Year’s Eve hit-and-run was devoted to family, faith

Mass. mother killed in New Year’s Eve hit-and-run was devoted to family, faith

The 33-year-old mother killed in a hit-and-run crash as she left church with her family on New Year’s Eve in New Bedford is being remembered for her devotion to her three children, husband and her faith. Nicolasa Ventura Colaj, 33, of New Bedford, died on Jan. 1 after she was struck by an SUV as she left a church gathering with her family on Acushnet Avenue, minutes after the service ended. The driver, believed to be a 16-year-old from Dartmouth…