{"id":3435,"date":"2026-03-06T12:37:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T12:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/?p=3435"},"modified":"2026-03-06T12:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T12:37:26","slug":"grandma-of-2-dies-after-saving-grandson-from-being-hit-by-oncoming-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/?p=3435","title":{"rendered":"Grandma of 2 dies after saving grandson from being hit by oncoming car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"68\" data-end=\"211\">A 52-year-old grandmother from Ohio, <strong data-start=\"105\" data-end=\"125\">Laura J. Hammond<\/strong>, is being remembered as a hero after sacrificing her life to save her young grandson.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"505\">The accident happened on Feb. 27 in Circleville when a car drove off the road, passed through two yards, and crashed into a driveway where Hammond and her grandson were standing. In a split-second decision, she grabbed the child and threw him out of the car\u2019s path, taking the impact herself.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"507\" data-end=\"670\">The vehicle pinned her between two cars. She was rushed to the hospital but sadly died from her injuries. Her grandson survived with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"672\" data-end=\"824\">Authorities say the 60-year-old driver was distracted by his phone when the crash happened, and investigators are also checking for alcohol involvement.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"826\" data-end=\"1054\">Hammond, described by police as \u201can absolute hero,\u201d leaves behind her husband, three children, and two grandchildren. Her family says being \u201cNana\u201d was her greatest joy, and she will always be remembered for her courage and love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A 52-year-old grandmother from Ohio, Laura J. Hammond, is being remembered as a hero after sacrificing her life to save her young grandson. The accident <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/?p=3435\" title=\"Grandma of 2 dies after saving grandson from being hit by oncoming car\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3437,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3435\/revisions\/3437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}