A Chicago lady was tragically killed after an SUV pushed by her youthful sister landed on high of her.
The automobile fell on high of Keyana Meeks, 25, round 4.15am Tuesday within the North Lawndale neighborhood after her unidentified 21-year-old sister slammed right into a fence exterior their house, police mentioned.
Keyana, who was on foot on the time, was trampled by the 2002 Acura ZDX after her sister drove by way of an alley, made a left flip and crashed.
The automobile then flipped over thrice earlier than fatally touchdown on Keyana, based on site visitors experiences obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times.
The mother-of-three, who was also referred to as ‘Yana’ by her family members, was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital together with her youthful sister, the place she was pronounced useless at 4.52am.
Her sister was handled for a leg damage and was arrested. She was later launched with out being charged, police mentioned.
It stays unclear what led as much as the crash. Police are nonetheless investigating the horrific incident.
Keyana Meeks, 25, died Tuesday morning after an SUV pushed by her 21-year-old sister fell on high of her after smashing right into a fence
The automobile then flipped over (pictured) thrice earlier than fatally touchdown on Keyana
The sisters’ heartbroken mom Angela Meeks recalled the second she noticed her youngster laying on the bottom after the automobile fell on high of her.
‘She was simply laying there. I believed I noticed her transfer. I hoped she’d be OK, prayed she’d be OK, as a result of I didn’t see any blood,’ Angela instructed the outlet.
The 51-year-old mentioned her daughters ‘had a really robust bond,’ and the whole household is ‘in shock and disbelief’ following the devastating incident.
She mentioned her surviving daughter has been left with immense guilt because it all occurred.
‘She’s not doing too nicely. She’s mentioned she wished to die herself. She has help. She’s being monitored carefully,’ Angela acknowledged. ‘We inform her don’t blame herself.’
Dajonne Jordan, Keyana’s cousin, echoed Angela’s statements, telling the outlet her and her sister ‘cherished one another.’
‘That they had a really robust bond,’ Dajonne, 29, added.
Her family members mentioned she was a loving mom and the ‘protector’ of her three younger kids, aged two, 4 and 6 – one in every of whom is autistic.
Keyana was a hair stylist who additionally discovered a ardour for adorning for events, her household mentioned.
She additionally dreamed of shopping for and flipping properties, her mom and uncle Eddie Meeks III mentioned.
‘She did no matter she thought was crucial in an effort to have an excellent life for her and her children. She was strong-willed and will actually do absolutely anything,’ Eddie mentioned.
They mentioned she was additionally engaged on rising nearer to God together with her mom and was contemplating changing to Islam earlier than she died.
Eddie mentioned his late niece was tall, standing at about six-foot-two, and ‘not the kind of woman you actually wished to mess with.’
‘She may have most likely gone someplace [in] skilled boxing,’ he continued.
‘She was not the kind of woman you actually wished to mess with, and she or he wasn’t simply gonna allow you to get away with something.’
Family and friends gathered on Tuesday night time for a balloon launch for Keyana. Small candles spelled out her title on the pavement as a number of photographs of her surrounded the flames
Though she had a fierce facet, Eddie mentioned Keyana, who was ‘very family-oriented’, displayed a softer facet round her family members.
‘While you actually received to know her, it felt like [she] was an enormous teddy bear. She was making an attempt to navigate life, making an attempt to outlive. That’s how she lived her life,’ Eddie recalled.
Family and friends gathered on Tuesday night time for a balloon launch for Keyana.
Small candles spelled out her title on the pavement as a number of photographs of her surrounded the flames.
All of them launched inexperienced and white balloons in her honor.
