Family, friends mourn 3 from Fishers killed in South Carolina crash

FISHERS, Ind. (WISH) — The Fishers assemblage is coming unneurotic aft 3 of their ain died successful a hit-and-run crash.

People successful the assemblage accidental they’re heartbroken implicit the nonaccomplishment of the 3 teens who died excessively soon.

“A genitor should ne'er person to hide their child,” said Chaz Sheffer, of Indianapolis.

On Monday, 17-year-old duplicate sisters Elleana and Isabella Gaddis, and Brianna Foster, 18, died successful a hit-and-run clang successful South Carolina.

Friends of the victims connected Tuesday mourned the nonaccomplishment and thought astir the teens’ families.

“To suffer anybody is hard, but to suffer a kid is very, very, difficult,” said Jay Angst, a Fishers resident.

“It’s hard to enactment into words to suffer somebody, 3 people, 3 young ladies to a senseless act,” Angst added.

Police successful South Carolina accidental Melissa Ann Parker, 43, was driving a Hummer westbound successful an eastbound lane and deed the car with the teenagers wrong head-on. Police accidental that aft the crash, Parker fled connected ft but was rapidly stopped.

The duplicate sisters were students astatine Hamilton Southeastern High School and their person had graduated from the schoolhouse this spring. Police accidental a 4th idiosyncratic successful the car with them survived the crash; that idiosyncratic has not been identified by authorities.

Chaz Sheffer says his ma is bully friends with Elleana and Isabella’s mom, Amie. Sheffer said, “My bosom goes retired to her. My ma was with her yesterday and is going determination again aft enactment truthful I conscionable anticipation that she’s doing OK and wishing the champion and the different household arsenic well.”

Sheffer besides said, “Something that decidedly helps is simply a consciousness of assemblage astir you a consciousness of radical that you tin beryllium connected and knowing that radical are determination for you and that you’re not alone.”

On Tuesday, people made a agelong enactment astir Jack’s Donuts of Fishers. The concern was donating each of its income to the families. Within a fewer hours the concern rapidly sold retired and radical kept showing up aft they closed.

Jack’s Donuts raised astir $6,000 for the Gaddis and Foster families.

Hamilton Southeastern Schools says it’s readying to bash a balloon merchandise for the girls astatine Tailgate Town astir 6:15 p.m. Friday. The schoolhouse territory based successful Fishers besides wants the parents to beryllium their honorary flip guests.

A GoFundMe page was created to assistance the Gaddis household screen ceremonial expenses and their bills for the adjacent fewer months. In little than a day, the assemblage helped rise much than $67,000.

Another GoFundMe page was created to assistance the Foster family, and much than $20,000 has been donated.