14-Year-Old N.Y. Girl Killed After Being Thrown from Speeding BMW Driven by 16-Year-Old

Fortune Williams.Photo: Courtesy: GoFundMe

Family and police said Williams was riding in a BMW as a 16-year-old boy with a learner’s permit was traveling at a “high rate of speed,” thePostreports. The driver reportedly lost control and slammed into the parked delivery truck, causing it to jump the curb and knock down a UPS driver.

“The car was coming basically maybe 90-100 mph,” a witness told ABC7 NY.

Then, the vehicle spins across the road, where it slams into the side of a tractor-trailer, according to thePost, which cites a video posted to the Citizen app.

The driver suffered no serious injuries, while Williams was pronounced dead at the scene, NYPD said, per thePost.

“As a mother, a mother don’t want to go through this,” the victim’s mother, Keisha Francis, told ABC7 NY. “I found her bracelet; I can’t sleep.”

Loved ones have since created a GoFundMe page to help support Williams' mother with funeral expenses.

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“The Yummy Fudge, or the good fortune as I fondly called her, was an absolute delight of a child,” the fundraiser reads. “She was well-mannered, hard-working, very caring towards her siblings and always had a secret to tell me whenever I saw her. She was filled with teenage wit and a youthful glamour only she could carry.”

According to the fundraiser, Williams had dreams of working in the medical field. She also loved fashion and helping her mom in the kitchen.

It’s unclear if the 16-year-old driver, who remains stable at a local hospital, will face charges.

source: people.com