STOCKTON — A Stockton family is grieving after 11-year-old Queen Marie Norwood, known by loved ones as Queenie, was killed when a car full of children under the legal age to drive crashed into a tree.
It happened on the 5800 block of North El Dorado Street at around 7:45 a.m. on Sunday. No one in the car was of the legal age to drive.
“She was really bright, intelligent, open-minded and stayed to herself,” said Lakeisha Bridges, a relative of Queenie. “She was a beautiful young little girl that didn’t deserve to lose her life at a young age.”
Police said the six children in the car were ages 11 to 15 and took it for a drive.
“I just woke up and I just heard a loud bang,” a neighbor who lives just feet away from the crash site said through his front door screen. He wished to remain unnamed.
He said if it was not for the tree, the car may have crashed into the home where he and his grandmother were. He is grateful that did not happen but gave his condolences.