“That’s a sense of community and that’s a sense of hope,” said Denise Turner with Great Commission Baptist Church.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Hundreds gathered at the North Crowley High School football stadium Thursday night to mourn the Fort Worth family killed in a devastating Kaufman County crash and to offer prayer and hope for the family’s only survivor.
The McKellar family, Jabar, his wife Krishaun, their son Kason and grandfather Billy McKellar died June 28 when a big rig truck driver, who says he fell asleep at the wheel, crashed into the McKellar family vehicle and multiple others at freeway speeds. Investigators say the big rig, crashing into stopped traffic on the freeway, never applied his brakes. The McKellars died instantly. Only daughter Evan McKellar, 20, survived: one of her feet was amputated by the force of the collision.
A fifth victim, Nicole Gregory of Dallas, was killed in a separate vehicle.
Thursday night, in an event arranged by family, friends, and members of the McKellars’ church congregation a Great Commission Baptist Church, the crowd released hundreds of blue and silver balloons — the colors of North Crowley High School. Kason, a freshman at the adjoining ninth-grade campus, would have been a 10th grader at the high school next year.
Organizers say the vigil and balloon release, now nearly two weeks after the devastating crash, was designed to send a message to the greater McKellar family, their church, and their community that they will not endure this horrible loss alone.
“That’s a sense of community and that’s a sense of hope,” said Denise Turner with Great Commission Baptist Church. “We can triumph over anything and with God on your side, who can be against you?”
To continue honoring the McKellar family, the North Crowley High School football team will be wearing a sticker on their helmets to remember Kason this year. And the school announced that an award in his name will be given to a Crowley freshman each year.
Members of the extended McKellar family tell WFAA that funeral plans have not yet been finalized.
Meanwhile, the big-rig driver charged with five counts of manslaughter and four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon remains in the Kaufman County Jail.
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