REDMOND, Wash. — "That's a very familiar sound to us," said Freeman. "I know frequently at night we do hear a lot of vehicles racing up and down this road."
So last Friday night, when she heard that sound as she watched television, she was not alarmed.
"They have these large pipes on them and so they make this horrible sound," Freeman said. "So we know they're racing because we're familiar with that on this road. And then I heard a big boom.
Alaniz and Mendoza, both just days away from their 19th birthdays, died at the scene.
The couple and grandchild were hurt; the woman, seriously.
The teens' grim-faced friends returned there on Saturday.
They were asked if the teens were known to street race.
"I don't want to believe that they were racing," said Francisco Ayon. "They were probably going really fast down the hill, you know. But things do happen. And we really don't know what happened. They're the only ones that know."
18-year-old Marcio Faria says the accident should be a warning for others.
"Before racing or before doing anything stupid, just please think of your loved ones who really appreciate you around," said Faria. "Because once you're gone, it's not going to be good."
King County Sheriff's detectives are looking for the other driver, who kept going.
Anyone who knows the driver is asked to call 9-1-1.
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