Family and friends are grieving the deaths of a mother and daughter from Charlotte who were killed in a crash while vacationing in Florida.
Naomi Baril thinks her sister Sarah Marim and her partner Svetlana Zabolotnaia are soulmates.
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“They do anything for each other, and they really connect in every way emotionally. They’re just the bravest women I know,” Baril said.
Baril believes their bravery is unmatched.
Baril said Zabolotnaia, and Zabolotnaia’s sister, Irina Zavtur, mother, Galina Jijina, and Marim were on vacation in Florida.
A driver of a sedan going the wrong way hit their SUV head-on on Jan. 4, troopers said.
Zavtur, Jijina, and the driver of the sedan died.
There were open alcohol containers in the sedan, Florida troopers said.
Baril said she is heartbroken.
“They were doing this for Irina for her 51st birthday,” she said. “And they were half an hour away from the Airbnb when they got hit by the other driver.”