Two babies and pregnant mom among five family members killed in crash hours before Mother’s Day – The Sun
FIVE family members – including two babies – were killed in a violent car crash on Saturday, highway officials said.
The two-vehicle collision happened hours before Mother's Day, just before 5pm near Lions Park in St. Louis, according to highway patrol cops.
Officials with the Missouri State Highway Patrol told KMOV on Sunday Trayvon Nelson was driving a 2002 Toyota RAV4 with four other passengers, including an infant and a one-year-old, when it veered off the road.
The 22-year-old tried to get back on the road by swerving into the northbound lanes.
That's when Nelson's truck was rear-ended by a 2013 Nissan NV1500 before it overturned.
The driver and all four passengers were killed in the crash, MSHP said.
Nelson was killed instantly, as was the mother of his children Kristy Monroe, 22, their daughter Kaniyah, seven months, their son Trevon Jr., 2, and Nelson's brother Samuel, 16, KSDK reported.
An ambulance rushed the driver of the Nissan NV1500, Larry Boyd, to the hospital after the 54-year-old was seriously injured in the crash, police said.
He remains hospitalized at Barnes Jewish Hospital in serious condition.
Family members told the news station that Monroe was pregnant and remembered Nelson as a doting dad to his five children, the oldest being five years old.
Highway patrol records obtained by KSDK show that Nelson's two children and teen brother were wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash, but Monroe was not.
Bystander Yolanda Talley called 911 and was one of several good samaritans who immediately tried to help.
She told KMOV that the road Nelson was driving on is curvy and peppered with potholes, which drivers often speed over.
"Oh, my God. I have been crying ever since," Talley said.
"I heard the screams. I hear it every time somebody dies out here."
Kennesa Thompson told the news station that the horrific news marked "the worst Mother's Day."
"It was the worst Mother's day of my life," she told KSDK.
"I'm just at a loss for words. It hurts."
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