Reported by Jacqueline Fell, Dave D'Marko and Jason Wheeler
HOLLY HILL -- Three people were killed in a street racing crash Thursday that police called one of the most gruesome wrecks they had ever seen.
Police identified the three:
- Rachael Wright, 17, Ormond Beach, a student at Seabreeze High School
- Kathleen Floyd, 54, Ormond Beach
- Jeremy Allison, 21, Ormond-by-the-Sea
Moments after the Camaro Z28 collided with concrete, sending part of the vehicle flying into a Nova Road building, shocked motorists called for help.
Caller: He hit the wall, he hit the wall hard the whole car just exploded.
Dispatcher: The car exploded?
Caller: Yeah it exploded. I mean hurry please. There's two kids laying in the middle of the road. There's another laying with the car on top of him.
Police Chief Mark Barker called it the worst wreck he'd seen in 27 years. Witnesses said the Camaro's driver was street racing with a Monte Carlo.
"It had all the makings of what you see in a war zone. The debris field 150 feet," Barker said.
Floyd’s husband, Mike, said he asked Allison to drive the women to the store because the family had no food.
"In the last year, we've lost our homes, our jobs and we've got nothing now. All we had was each other," Floyd said.
Wright was talented graphic designer. She attended Advance Technical College until this year when she transferred to Seabreeze High because the family didn’t have a car.
Floyd said he's already forgiven the man believed to have been driving.
"Jeremy was a good guy too, probably one of the best friends I ever had. I'm not going to rub the man's face in it because he made a mistake. I just wish he would have thought," Floyd said.
However, Floyd said he can’t say the same for the driver of the other car.
“That's a coward not to stop right there and find out what's going on. So you were street racing. Go back and get in trouble. But you let three people die in the road. That guy’s got no guts," Floyd said.
Police believe the other car was a dark colored sedan, possibly a Monte Carlo.
Police are looking for the driver of the second car. If you can help, call Crime Stoppers at (888) 277-TIPS (8477).
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