DEL CITY, Okla. (KFOR) — Two teens, Jeremiah and Mileena, are in the hospital after surviving a fiery crash on I-40 last Friday.
Now one of the one of the victim’s family members is trying to piece together how this crash happened.
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“He flipped in the car, it engulfed into flames. They then were essentially being burned alive inside,” said Phillissa Ashford, Jeremiah’s sister.
Ashford credits two people who stopped, raced over, and risked their lives to save the teens.“It’s not many people like that who will leap into action, that will actually put their lives on the line, to save another person’s life, and so our family is beyond grateful,” said Ashford.
Those two heroes told Ashford what they saw.“There were several witnesses,” said Ashford. “Jeremiah was traveling westbound on I-40, and he was in the left lane. There was a blue charger in the right lane. He says that the blue charger that’s modified with gray and black wingtips on it cut Jeremiah off, and by the time Jeremiah came from behind the 18-wheeler, that’s when the 18-wheeler hit him in the front and then the back.”
When Jeremiah woke up in the hospital, Ashford says he told her the same story…