Ingozi yemoto iKara Santorelli ishaqise wonke umuntu njengoba imoto yakhe ishayisana neChevrolet Sedan ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule. UKara ulahlekelwe yimpilo yakhe kulesi sigameko esenze abantu abaningi badabukile njengoba oneminyaka engu-18 ubudala ubeyi-TikToker edumile. Yazi ukuthi ubani uKara Santorelli ngokuningiliziwe nokuthi isigameko senzeke kanjani.
Mhla ziyi-17 kuNdasa cishe ngehora lokuqala ekuseni, njengoba kubikiwe abe-Florida Highway Patrol, isigameko senzeka ezimpambanweni zomgwaqo u-US Highway 1 noQuintette Road lapho uKara engaphakathi kwemoto yakhe iNissan SUV, kwathi enye imoto ebandakanyeke kulesi sigameko yavutha yaholela ekutheni ukufa okudabukisayo kwabo bobabili abantu, kungashiyi indlela yokubaleka.
Ukudlula emhlabeni kukaSantorelli kuthumele ukushaqeka ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, ikakhulukazi uma kucatshangelwa ividiyo asanda kubelana ngayo ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule. Ubhale amazwibela aleyo vidiyo ethi “Lapho bezama ukungibiza ngomshayeli omubi, kodwa angikaze ngishayise umuntu noma imoto yangempela.” Ngemva kokuzwa ngokushona kwakhe abantu bagcwale izigaba zokuphawula ngemiyalezo yokuthula.
Okuqukethwe
Wayengubani uKara Santorelli
U-Kara Santorelli, oneminyaka engu-18, wayengumgqugquzeli wenkundla yezokuxhumana ene-TikTok elandela ngaphezu kwe-45k. Iningi lokuqukethwe kuka-Kara ligxile kumavidiyo avumelanisa izindebe lapho ayekhuluma khona ngezihloko ezihlobene. Ubefunda eNorthview High School. NgoMashi 17, 2023, imoto yohlobo lwe-Chevrolet sedan yafika inaka ngendlela engafanele futhi yashayisa imoto yakhe yohlobo lwe-Nissan SUV yabiza ukuphila kwale nsizwa.
Omunye umshayeli obehamba ngemoto yohlobo lweChevrolet ongakahlonzwa, naye ushonile ngemuva kokuvaleleka emotweni yakhe. Isonto elilodwa ngaphambi kwengozi ebulalayo, wathumela ividiyo ye-TikTok lapho esho khona ukuthi wayengakaze abe sengozini yemoto phambilini.
Ngemva kokudlula emhlabeni kuka-Santorelli, isiqeshana esifushane semizuzwana emihlanu sikhiqize ukubukwa okungaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-15 futhi siyaqhubeka siheha abantu. Isigaba sokuphawula, nokho, sihlukene kakhulu ngemibono. Abanye abantu abaphawule ngale video bathi udlala impilo yakhe kanti abanye baziphendulele ngokuthi iphutha lomunye umshayeli wemoto.
Omunye wabasebenzisi ubeke amazwana kuvidiyo “Lokhu kube nesikhathi esibi kakhulu. Nkosi yami, phumula ngokuthula”. Omunye wathi, “Wonke amazwi athi 'lokhu akuguga kahle' awafanelekile”. Umsebenzisi uphinde waphawula, “Omunye umuntu ubenephutha hhayi yena. Bamshayile, namanje [akakaze] ashaye muntu. Rip.”
I-Kara Santorelli Obituary
Abantu abasondelene noKara nomndeni wakhe abazange bazikholwe izindaba zokushona kwakhe kungazelelwe. Ngemuva kokushona kukaKara Santorelli, umndeni wakhe wethula ikhasi le-GoFundMe ukuze uqoqe imali yomngcwabo wakhe. Ekhasini, umndeni uveze “uKara ubethanda ukuchitha isikhathi olwandle noma esikebheni nabangane nomndeni. U-Kara wayesebenza endaweni yokudlela yasendaweni, i-Jimmy's Grill, e-Molino. Uzomkhumbula kakhulu.”
U-anti wakhe u-Gina Southard emhlonipha wabhala “Isiqephu esincane senhliziyo yami sishonile namuhla lapho ngithola ukuthi umshana wami uye ezulwini. Ngiyawuthanda umphefumulo wakho omuhle Kara!” Futhi, umama wakhe u-Lacey McLaughlin wabelane ngesipho esigcwele izinyembezi wathi “Ngiyakuthanda Kara. UNkulunkulu ungibusise ngawe.”
Isikole iNorthview High School siphinde sazwakalisa ukudabuka ngokudlula kukaKara futhi sakhipha isitatimende kuFacebook sithi “Namuhla, ngezinhliziyo ezibuhlungu, siyakwamukela ukubuya kwabafundi bethu ngemva kwekhefu lasentwasahlobo. Siyaxolisa kakhulu ngokulahlekelwa kabuhlungu kwesikhulu sethu uKara Santorelli. Sibambelele ngokuqinile ezinkumbulo ezinhle ayesishiye nazo. Umoya wakhe omuhle nomusa uzoqhubeka usezinhliziyweni zabangane bakhe kanye nabafundi afunda nabo.”
Ungase futhi ube nentshisekelo yokufunda Ngubani uLuise Frisch
Isiphetho
Wayengubani uKara Santorelli owashona engozini yemoto ngesonto eledlule futhi kungani enegciwane okwamanje akufanele kube into engaziwa kuwe njengoba sethule yonke imininingwane mayelana nentsha kanye nesigameko. Osemusha walahlekelwa ukuphila kwakhe okwenza abantu abaningi baphatheke kabi.