4-Year-Old Sole Survivor In Sierra Wrong-Way Crash That Killed North Highlands Family

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NORTH HIGHLANDS (CBS13) – A North Highlands household was killed instantly by a wrong-way operator on Interstate 80 successful the Sierra implicit the weekend. On Monday, Flowers and candles sat successful the family’s driveway arsenic neighbors mourned the devastating loss.

Neighbors were astatine a nonaccomplishment aft proceeding the Montano household — Antonio, Brittney and 2 of their children, 9 and 5 — died successful the clang this past weekend.

“I recovered retired this morning,” said Marvin Pinzon. “We were conscionable shocked and devastated.”

Pinzon shares a obstruction with the Montanos and says they conscionable had a enactment for their children.

“He had a enactment erstwhile helium had a small leap location and helium was retired determination with his kids, aforesaid with the mom,” Pinzon said. “They were some actively progressive with the kids, you tin decidedly archer that. He was ever retired determination with his kids and that’s I deliberation the hardest part.”

A GoFundMe page for the household says they were going connected vacation. Pinzon tells america helium watched the Montanos propulsion retired of their driveway for the past time

“It was impactful conscionable to cognize idiosyncratic you talked to past week is nary longer here,” Pinzon said. “It sounds cliché but beingness is abbreviated and you ne'er cognize what’s going to happen. It’s precise devastating.”

The wrong-way operator has not been charged, but the California Highway Patrol said the program is for that to happen.

“I consciousness atrocious for the 1 that survived. They’re inactive beauteous young,” neighbour Brandon Perez said. “Four years aged and they’re by themself now.”

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We did scope retired to the household members of the Montanos. We cognize they are presently with the surviving kid astatine a infirmary successful Reno.