Tragic Accident: 7-Year-Old and Mother Fatally Struck as Car Crashes into Their Home

In a tragic incident in Texas, a mother and her young son lost their lives when an 18-year-old woman drove her car through their bedroom wall, according to authorities.

Gracie Yates has been charged with two counts of criminally negligent homicide, as per Erath County jail records accessed by Law&Crime. The victims have been identified as 49-year-old Barbara Rocha and her 7-year-old son, Alex Aaron Rocha, family members confirmed to local Fox affiliate KDFW.

The accident occurred in the early hours of Sunday on the 200 block of North Ollie Street in Stephenville, Texas, approximately 100 miles southwest of Dallas. According to a news release from the Stephenville Police Department, the vehicle veered off the road and plowed into the home.

“”All I heard is a crash, I went in the room, and all you can hear is my little brother screaming and my mom praying,’” Raul Rocha, an older brother of Alex Rocha, recounted what their other brother who lived at the home told him. “That’s what he said … I have that stuck in the back of my head right now.”

Despite being rushed to a nearby hospital, both Barbara and Alex Rocha succumbed to their injuries.

Authorities allege that Yates was the sole driver of the vehicle involved in the crash. The news release did not indicate the presence of any passengers in her car.

A GoFundMe posted by a self-proclaimed friend of Barbara Rocha’s husband said “a drunk driver crashed” through the house. The release from police makes no mention of alcohol or drugs playing a part in the incident.

The man is “now without a house and is struggling to cover the funeral costs for his wife and son,” the fundraiser adds. “He’s also in urgent need of temporary housing and support for other immediate needs as he tries to rebuild.”

Yates was booked into the Erath County Jail on Sunday, and a judge set her bond at $14,500. She was released on Tuesday, records show.