‘My world went black’: Mother recounts 2024 crash that took her daughter’s life on I-595

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — Virginia Baker remembers only silence and darkness after the impact.

“I heard nothing. I felt nothing. And my world went entirely black in an instant,” she said.

Baker was driving her daughter, Lorene Young, home to pick something up before an early flight out of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport when their car was struck from behind on Interstate 595 near 136th Avenue just before 6 a.m. on May 19, 2024…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS