Christmas will look a lot different for a Hanford family this year after they lost four family members in a car crash just days before the holiday.
Jason McClelland said his sister, Jennifer Lourenco, brother-in-law, and two of their kids were killed in a crash in Turlock.
Their oldest daughter is still unconscious in the hospital.
Jason and Jennifer grew up in Hanford and their parents still live there.
He says normally, Jennifer would host Christmas, but this year they’re planning her funeral.
Jason says his younger sister always knew she wanted to be a teacher and a mother.
“As I was talking with my cousins as we’re going through this,” said Jason.
“We just sort of reminisce that when we were kids we would get annoyed with her sometimes because she she always wanted to be the mom. She always wanted to be the teacher. When we like play work. She’s like, Oh, I have to leave early to go pick up my kids, you know, like her imaginary kids.”
After Jennifer graduated high school, the Hanford native moved to Turlock to attend Stanislaus State and studied to become a special ed teacher.