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A tragic accident claimed the lives of a mother and her young son in Stephenville, Texas, early Sunday morning when an 18-year-old woman crashed her car into their home.
Authorities have charged Gracie Yates with two counts of criminally negligent homicide following the incident, which occurred shortly before 3:30 a.m., according to a statement from the Stephenville Police Department.
The devastating collision resulted in several family members being rushed to the hospital. Sadly, 49-year-old Barbara Rocha and her 7-year-old son, Alex Aaron Rocha, succumbed to their injuries, as reported by KDFW.
Raul Rocha, the adult son of Barbara Rocha, recounted the heartbreaking moment he learned of the tragedy. His father had called him on Sunday morning, delivering the unthinkable news.
“I never thought something like this would happen to me. Losing my mom is unimaginable. She didn’t deserve this,” Raul expressed, remembering his mother as a kind-hearted woman who always showed care and compassion for her family and everyone around her.
Another brother was inside the home at the time but was uninjured. That brother, Rocha said, told him that all he heard was the crash and went into the room to hear his younger brother “screaming and my mom praying.”
“And that’s what I have stuck in the back of my head right now my little brother screaming, and my mom praying,” Raul Rocha said.
A GoFundMe set to help the family with funeral and living expenses, since their home was essentially destroyed, said that Yates, a natural born American citizen, was drunk, but police made no mention of intoxication and she was not charged with anything relating to intoxication.
According to Law&Crime, she was given a bond of less than $15,000 and bonded out on Tuesday.