A stricken mom testified Monday how she found her daughter’s battered body under an alleged drunken driver’s truck in a horrific July 4 crash in Manhattan — and watched the life ebb from her child.

“I saw her — Emily,” Liliana Ruiz said, referring to daughter Emily Ruiz, 31, who was among four people killed by accused boozed-up motorist Daniel Christopher Hyden.

“Her eyes were wide open, like saucers,” the mother said. “I’m just looking at her. I’m tapping her face, telling her, ‘Everything’s gonna be OK. Emily, don’t close your eyes.

“I see her lips turning purple, her eyes are going shut, and she’s trying not to close them,” Ruiz said. “But at one point, they completely closed. 7

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“And I’m thinking, ‘I just watched my daughter die.’ “

Liliana herself only survived the July

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