Community mourns 2 Pembroke high school graduates killed in crash
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Updated: 11:57 PM EDT Apr 17, 2021
Community mourns 2 Pembroke high school graduates killed in crash
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Updated: 11:57 PM EDT Apr 17, 2021
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REPORTER: WITNESSES TELL US IT WAS RAINING HARD. THE CAR INVOLVED WAS HYDROPLANING. NEIGHBORS SAY THE CRASH WAS SO VIOLENT, THE PINE TREE SNAPPED IN HALF, AND A POWER POLE CAME OUT, KNOCKING DOWN ELECTRICITY TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. >> I HEA MY NEIGHBOR YELLED OUT ARE YOU OK. A GENTLEMAN RESPONDED THE THIRD TIME. I COULD HEAR HER VOICE ESCALATE. REPORTER THE WELL-KNOWN PEMBROKE HIGH SCHOOL GRADS AND STANDOUT HOCKE PLAYERS WERE TRAVELING BEFORE 1:00 A.M. WHEN THEIR CAR LOST CONTROL AND HIT THE TREE, CRITICALLY INJURING BOTH. LATE SATURDAY NIGHT, THE PRINCIPAL TWEETED "OUR HEARTS ARE HEAVY AS WE MOURN THE PASSING OF TWO TREMENDOUS TITANS. WHILE THEY MAY HAVE GRADUATED FIVE YEARS AGO, THEY TOUCHED SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE PHS COMMUNITY, OUR CONDOLENCES TO THEIR FAMILIES." WITNESSES SAY A CAR FULL OF FRIENDS CAME UPON THE CRASH SCENE. THAT IS WHEN THERE WERE SEVERAL CALLS TO 911. LATE SATURDAY, NEWS OF THE CRASH BROUGHT ONLOOKERS TO THE SCENE, WITH SOME LEAVING FLOWERS AND REMINDERS OF THE 2 FRIENDS INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT. >> THESE TWO KIDS, THEY WERE REALLY STAND UP KIDS. IT IS A BIG LOSS TO THE COMMUNITY. REPORTER: AS OF L