Texas - Street Racing Crash Kills Two 8th Graders in Houston (Video)

A street race might look cool in the highly popular “2 Fast 2 Furious” movies, but when kids do it, it is bound to end badly. Such was the case in Houston yesterday where two middle-school students are now dead and another has been arrested when a Ford Explorer and a Ford Expedition, driven by a 14 and a 15-year old respectively, were racing each other and ended up in a terrible deadly crash caught on camera.

<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UPDATE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UPDATE</a>: Surveillance video shows rollover crash that killed two teens in southwest Houston. The story –&gt; <a href="https://t.co/nOPF0L1Mcs">https://t.co/nOPF0L1Mcs</a> <a href="https://t.co/pZ8Zf1X6bV">pic.twitter.com/pZ8Zf1X6bV</a></p>&mdash; KPRC 2 Houston (@KPRC2) <a href="https://twitter.com/KPRC2/status/989165609970753536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">25 April 2018</a></blockquote>

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The 14-year-old boy who was driving one of the vehicles appears to have been known to law enforcement and has already a lengthy criminal record. He was taken into custody and will be charged with failure to stop and render aid and racing, causing death. His identity was not released because he is a juvenile.

<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">HEARTBREAKING: Family members of two 15 year old boys watching, as police investigate a deadly crash @ W. Fuqua in SW Houston. Police say the teens were apparently speeding/racing against another teen in their SUV’s, before losing control and crashing, killed instantly. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/khou11?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#khou11</a> <a href="https://t.co/HcBMBrxkwc">pic.twitter.com/HcBMBrxkwc</a></p>&mdash; Michelle Choi (@MichelleKHOU) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleKHOU/status/989115522447966209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">25 April 2018</a></blockquote>

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At the same time, family members were called in to identify the two students who were killed in the crash. They are 15-year-old Javier Hunter and 15-year-old Savion Farley.

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A Houston police officer witnessed the two vehicles driving next to each other eastbound on Fuqua around 1:50 a.m. at high speed, clearly involved in a race against each other.

<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2 teens killed in alleged street racing crash in SW <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Houston?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Houston</a> Near <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fuquast?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Fuquast</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Whiteheatherdr?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Whiteheatherdr</a> This is newly released surveillance video of that deadly crash that happen around 2am. <a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleKHOU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MichelleKHOU</a> will have all the details @ 12p on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/khou11?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#khou11</a> <a href="https://t.co/lcsNFMB43K">pic.twitter.com/lcsNFMB43K</a></p>&mdash; Mario Sandoval (@KHOU_MSandoval) <a href="https://twitter.com/KHOU_MSandoval/status/989158308618670080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">25 April 2018</a></blockquote>

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The drivers lost control of their respective SUVs when one of them hit the other.

Ms. Ivory Hunter, an aunt to one of the victims, said in shock: "Parents everywhere, double-check your kids when they ask you for your keys. He (was) only 15 years old,"

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"I should have seen the warning signs but I didn't. I usually catch him, but I did not catch him this morning and the results of that – it took his life."

Family members of the second victim also spoke up weeping. Ms. Della Mae Farley “It just hit my heart. My heart hurts. It just hurts."

Source:

https://www.click2houston.com/news/2-teens-killed-another-in-custody-after-apparent-drag-racing-crash-police-say