Some hope it delivers a message to other teenagers, to not participate in races on city streets. The little red Ford convertible was flying, witnesses said, hurtling down Singleton Boulevard at 70 to 80 miles an hour. In a split second, it was over. The speeding car snapped a power pole, sailed into the air, then smashed into a concrete culvert. Broken pieces of the car still lie in the water, with the remnants of police tape.
People come to look down, as they speak in whispers.
They're alive, now they're gone. A family that had eight children now has only five. At the Pena home, children too young to understand, laugh and play. The older ones gather in small groups and console each other. A friend of the Penas hopes other teenagers learn something from this.