HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) Family and friends gathered at a vigil to honor the lives of two teens killed in a crash after a car meet-up in Brookshire.
DeCarerick DoBaby Kennedy, 16, and Faybian FayFay Hoisington, 14, suffered fatal injuries when a speeding car hit another car that crashed into pedestrians on the side of the road.
The candlelight vigil was held at Falcon Stadium, 34599 Royal Road in Brookshire.
Attendees wore the teens favorite colors, red and black, to the event.
In lieu of flowers, the family requested that monetary gifts be donated to help with the unexpected expenses for the family and their siblings.
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Rose-Ann Aragon, Reporter
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At St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Brookshire, the family of Sherkeitha Kennedy gathered in support.
“It’s so senseless. It’s so senseless,” said Sherkeitha Kennedy, the boys’ mother.
Kennedy lost her two sons, 16-year-old DeCarerick Kennedy and 14-year-old Faybian Hoisington.
Harris County deputies said it all started Sunday after a car meet-up by K1 Speed Car where HCSO deputies were working. The fatal accident, deputies said, occurred at 9:30 p.m. Sunday on the Northwest Freeway near West Little York Road. Investigators said they believe that once the event ended, people from the event were part of the crowd that was formed during the street-racing incident.