The family shouldn't have to worry about funeral costs right now. Phongsavath and his wife, Somchit, arrived in the United States 20 years ago and began raising a large family on welfare. An impromptu memorial marks the site along Kamehameha IV Road in Kalihi where one girl was killed and two others were critically injured when a van went out of control and hit them Tuesday while they were walking home from school. But it might ease the family's mind a little bit if people help out. Nancy is supposed to be cremated today.
Services are pending.
They also live in the Kamehameha IV housing project, with five brothers and sisters being raised by their single mother. The van was traveling Kane ' ohe-bound when the company van he was driving swerved off the road, struck a parked car and hit the three girls. David Talon, who is heading the investigation, would not give details about what led to the crash out of fears of jeopardizing any criminal proceedings. Most people have probably done something similar in the past. In this instance, he was unlucky.