Amiya Janelle Hogan sat in the front passenger seat of a 2010 Chrysler Sebring on Wednesday night. She was 17. The car was driven by 18-year-old Ni’yeya Chappell. They were on Jimmie Dyess Parkway near Interstate 20 in Columbia County.
Around 8:55 p.m. the Chrysler turned in front of a 2020 Mercury. Michael Pruett, 60, was driving that Mercury. It hit the passenger side of the Chrysler hard. The impact spun the Chrysler into a guardrail and a street sign.
Amiya was taken to a hospital right away. Her injuries were too severe. She did not survive.
Ni’yeya Chappell was hurt in the crash. So was 13-year-old Alyssa Figueroa, another passenger. Both went to Doctors Hospital for treatment.
Authorities say Chappell was at fault. Charges are pending while she recovers. The investigation is still going on.
Amiya was just 17. She had her whole life ahead. A young person gone in one sudden crash on a local road.
Family and friends now face the quiet that follows such a loss. The details of that night remain clear in the reports from the scene.
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