PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — The family of two girls killed in a crash caused by racing says they don't blame a man charged with vehicular homicide who police said was leading the race.
A scarred tree trunk marks the spot of the violent deadly impact, where two teenage girls were killed in a collsion.
Bathed in the flickering glow of votive candles, a mourning father lay sobbing on the ground. He clutched a teddy bear on the spot where his daughter was one of two inseparable best friends killed in a fleeting instant after reaching exhilarating speeds approaching a curve, which was 10 feet above where the car landed.
"They're both sitting on each knee of God looking down at us," said Bennett. "And they're crying on God's shoulder, praying for us to be OK, because they know they're OK," she added.
A 17-year-old girl in the back seat of Barrett's car survived. She was extricated from the back, and treated for injuries at Tacoma General Hospital, which would not return KIRO-7's repeated calls, seeking her condition.