Joy ride ends in death
The Gazette
Published July 24, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.
Early Tuesday morning, Lolita Prater, 17, helped her boyfriend push a Ford Explorer from her sleeping parents' Woodmoor driveway for what was supposed to be a joy ride. It ended tragically hours later when Prater was pronounced dead after the vehicle she was driving rolled on a Black Forest road.
The crash occurred just before 2:45 a.m.
Three other teenagers in the vehicle were not injured.
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happymike44 writes:
Sometimes being young means being dumb.
This poor girl's family is the one to suffer from this horrific accident.
What parent ever expects a teenager to steal the family car in the middle of the night.
So now this family will bury a loved one and I wish them well in the future.
To all the parents out there learn from this and put your car keys in a place in your bedroom at night.
God take care of this family during this tragic time.