{"id":253532,"date":"2026-07-28T05:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T05:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/253532\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T05:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T05:36:11","slug":"like-a-nightmare-family-remembers-16-year-old-killed-in-crash-that-injured-5-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/253532\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Like a nightmare:’ Family remembers 16-year-old killed in crash that injured 5 others"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A grief-stricken Delaware County family is searching for answers after a 16-year-old named Honesty Hood was killed in a car crash early Friday morning on Columbus Boulevard<\/a> in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

Several teens were involved, but Honesty was the only one who didn’t survive.<\/p>\n

“My daughter had called me, and she said the cops had called her and told her to come to the hospital. I already knew when cops called, it wasn’t good news,” said Honesty’s grandmother, Sahn Hamilton.<\/p>\n

The teen is described as an outgoing, energetic TikTok lover with big dreams of becoming a cosmetologist.<\/p>\n

\"Honesty<\/p>\n

Her family says the 10th-grade Chester High School student was with two of her cousins leading up to the fatal crash.<\/p>\n

“Two of the girls were her cousins. We didn’t know the boys. I totally didn’t know the boys,” said Hamilton.<\/p>\n

“It’s hard. We’re just trying to get answers. We want to know what happened. Too many stories going around; we just want to know what happened, said the teen’s godmother, Kaleshia Hood.<\/p>\n

A witness told police the vehicle was getting off on I-95 South at the Washington Avenue exit and was making a sharp curve onto Christopher Columbus Boulevard when it lost control.<\/p>\n

Six teenagers between the ages of 15 and 17 were inside the Nissan Maxima.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO | ‘Tragic accident’: 16-year-old girl dead, 5 other teens hurt in crash on Columbus Boulevard<\/a><\/p>\n

A 16-year-old girl is dead and five other teens were hurt in a single-car crash on Columbus Boulevard in South Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

Honesty was one of four sitting in the backseat and was pronounced dead at the hospital.<\/p>\n

The other five all sustained various injuries.<\/p>\n

State police are still investigating the cause of the crash.<\/p>\n

“Right now, I don’t know; it’s like a nightmare. I can’t accept it right now,” said Hamilton.<\/p>\n

Hamilton says it’s hard to process what has happened.<\/p>\n

The family is planning a special candlelight vigil to honor Honesty in her hometown of Chester.<\/p>\n

“We went shopping a lot. We go on trips, and cook together, have holidays together and stuff and we’re going to totally miss that,” said Hamilton.<\/p>\n

The family has set up a GoFundMe<\/a> page for anyone who wants to help with burial costs.<\/p>\n

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