MARIN COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) — We’re studying extra concerning the younger lives misplaced in a tragic crash in West Marin County.
The CHP mentioned 4 teenage ladies had been killed and two others injured on Friday evening, when the SUV they had been driving in crashed right into a tree. All of them had been college students at Archie Williams Excessive College in San Anselmo.
Easter Sunday service at Grace Church of Marin in San Anselmo started with a prayer for the younger teenage victims of the horrible automotive crash. Six lilies had been there to recollect them.
“A number of college students at Archie Williams had been in an accident Friday evening. Some died. We’ve got a possibility this morning to grieve that,” mentioned Affiliate Pastor Jeremiah Hill.
Two of the six teenage victims survived however had been critically injured. The Volkswagen SUV the ladies had been driving in crashed right into a tree on San Geronimo Valley Rd in West Marin.
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4 highschool college students have died and two are injured after an SUV crashed right into a tree in San Geronimo Valley in Marin County, the CHP mentioned.
What we all know concerning the teenagers killed
Dozens of individuals had been stopping on the scene Sunday to hug each other and go away flowers and grieve lives misplaced.
“I met her after we had been 7 within the ‘Nutcracker’ collectively,” mentioned Kendall Surrusco.
Surrusco was speaking about her good good friend, 14-year-old Olive, one of many crash victims who died. Olive’s household is organising a GoFundMe in her reminiscence.
“Olive was tremendous humorous and brightened up the temper. So humorous,” Surresco mentioned.
Fifteen-year-old Ada Kepley additionally died, her household telling ABC7 Information: “Ada was a form soul and gifted artist with an irreverent humorousness that made individuals really feel joyful and included. We miss her dearly and are struggling to course of the lack of many younger lives lower brief.”
Sixteen-year-old Josy Osborn can also be being remembered. In an announcement, her mother and father mentioned: “She was a firecracker with a brilliant smile and a character that would mild up a room. Her massive desires had been as massive as her character, and he or she had a lot extra to do on this life.”
“I simply really feel like I’ve gone by means of so many phases of grief previously 24 hours. It is actually been an excessive amount of. I have been numb. I have been sick,” mentioned Juliet Camhy.
What we all know concerning the surviving victims
Fourteen-year-old Marley Barclay survived the crash and continues to be hospitalized at Oakland Youngsters’s Hospital with crucial accidents. A GoFundMe helps her mother and father with rising medical bills.
Her mother and father mentioned in an announcement that they’re grateful that Marley is alive, due to first responders and individuals who had been there on the scene and pulled her from the automotive. They’re now in search of that “guardian angel” to offer their thanks.
“We’re deeply grateful to the medical workers caring for Marley with such compassion and talent. We additionally need to prolong our heartfelt gratitude to the Good Samaritans who acted so bravely on the scene and to Marin’s first responders. We significantly need to thank the girl who pulled Marley from the automobile and saved her life. We ask for assist to determine this guardian angel as Marley would love the chance to thank her personally,” her mother and father mentioned.
Marley’s mother and father additionally supplied their deepest condolences to the opposite households.
“Our hearts are with the households of the 4 stunning younger souls misplaced far too quickly. There are not any phrases for the sorrow we share. We grieve beside you and maintain you shut in our ideas each second. One different passenger joins Marley as a survivor and we provide all our love and help to her household. We’re grateful to have the ability to lean on one another throughout this horrible expertise,” they mentioned.
Timeline, in accordance with mother and father
Marley’s mother and father shared a restricted timeline of their data of what occurred. They mentioned that Marley left their home at 6:50 p.m. on Friday to stroll to downtown Fairfax the place she met up with the driving force of the automotive who was getting off work at 7:15 p.m.
The mother and father mentioned that the 2 of them alongside witht he 4 different ladies had been heading in the direction of Woodacre, an unicorporated city simply Northwest of San Anselmo. They mentioned that the entire ladies had been sporting seatbelts.
The CHP mentioned the reason for the crash is underneath investigation. The Tamalpais Union Excessive College District says grief counselors shall be supporting college students and workers on Monday morning.
“It is simply heartbreaking, I am a mum or dad of 4 youngsters. You simply instantly take into consideration the loss these mother and father are experiencing. I can not think about,” mentioned Sarah Marshall from Fairfax.
Surrusco says her lessons will not be the identical.
“I really feel like I’ll stroll in there, and so they’re nonetheless going to be there. I will see them strolling across the halls. It is laborious to imagine, loopy,” she mentioned.
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