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MARYSVILLE (CBS13) — The household of a parent and girl who were killed successful a wrong-way clang connected the road successful Yuba County is speaking out.
Deputies were chasing a stolen motortruck connected Highway 70 successful Yuba County erstwhile the operator slammed head-on into the victims’ car, sidesplitting them.
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“Their hearts were conscionable truthful big, household was fig 1 to them,” said Daniel Ojeda.
His sister, Cary Ojeda, 55, and his niece, Deanna Hernandez, 36, were killed successful the crash.
“It was hard,” helium said astir getting the telephone they didn’t marque it.
Ojeda says some women were calved caretakers successful beingness and successful work. Both were employed astatine a nursing installation successful Marysville.
“That was the cleanable vocation for them due to the fact that that’s what they did,” helium said “They took attraction of everybody.”
On Wednesday, that’s what they were doing. They were connected their mode to prime up the kids from schoolhouse erstwhile Yuba County sheriff’s deputies accidental Chase Hammonds, 25, took constabulary connected a high-speed chase, crossed the halfway divider and crashed straight into the victims’ Dodge Durango.
Neighbor photos amusement the aftermath of the car flipped over, hardly recognizable.
“He was going astatine slightest [70 miles per hour] coming down this road,” said Veronica Smallwood.
She was extracurricular her location connected Powerline Road erstwhile she heard sirens, saw the fishy alert by and the cops down him.
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“I knew it was going to extremity up bad, implicit a trailer,” she said.
But she didn’t cognize it was a parent and girl killed successful the wrong-way crash.
Deputies accidental they got a licence sheet scholar notification saying the motortruck and trailer Hammonds was successful was stolen.
Within minutes they initiated a postulation halt successful East Linda, but the fishy took off.
The pursuit lasted lone a fewer minutes but ended successful tragedy.
The fishy tried to tally from the country but was arrested soon after.
Our records amusement helium has aggregate violations of probation warrants for anterior stolen conveyance cases.
This household is present near to prime up the pieces and has a connection for the accused killer.
“You sacrificed 2 bully souls,” Ojeda said.
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Hammonds was released from the infirmary Friday and faces aggregate felonies, including evading, hit-and-run and murder.
Marissa Perlman
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