RIP kiddo. Options

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For those of you local to the Atlanta area, you've probably heard the story of the girl killed in a car accident yesterday.

"LAWRENCEVILLE — A teenager died on Interstate 85 on Monday after her car was rear-ended by a van, causing it to burst into flames.
The victim was 17-year-old Kelley Halpern of Lawrenceville. Halpern was a student at Berkmar High School, said Officer Valerie Southard, spokeswoman for the Gwinnett County Police Department.
Authorities said Halpern was driving a Honda Civic north on I-85 just before Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road at 2:50 p.m. when she slowed her car for traffic. A white van traveling behind her struck the rear of the Civic, thrusting the car forward to collide with a Ford Explorer in front of her, said Sgt. Dan Huggins of the Gwinnett County Police Department.
Halpern became trapped inside the wreckage, Huggins said. Before the other two drivers or emergency responders could extricate her, the car caught fire and exploded into flames. She died at the scene.
Officer L. Yates of Gwinnett police was one of the first officers to arrive.
“She was still alive when Suwanee police got here,” Yates said. “She was panicking, trying to get out, but she couldn’t.”
Yates said both the driver of the van and the Explorer had also tried unsuccessfully to free her from the wreckage.
The driver of the van, Hong Kim, 59, of unknown residence, was transported to Gwinnett Medical Center with injuries that were not life threatening. The driver of the Explorer was not injured.
Huggins said charges are pending against Kim.
Motorists on I-85 north experienced long delays between 3:15 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday as authorities investigated and cleared the accident scene. Two left lanes of the highway were closed, according to officials at the Georgia Department of Transportation."



That's horrible. We weren't very close, but we'd pass each other in the halls everyday and smile and say hi. She was just that nice to everyone.

It angers me how my school isn't doing anything to remember her other than a moment of silence. Dumbasses.

She was only seventeen and it wasn't even her fault. She died from the car's flames.

I couldn't help but cry when I found out last night and this morning when I got to school knowing she won't be there anymore.

Kids, be careful. Even if you're driving alright, it's too often that you're in an accident because of someone else's dumb mistake. Take it easy and God Bless.



RIP, Kelley. We love you.

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I actually don't go to Berkmar. I'm in the Parkview area, but I go to a small private school in Buford (not two minutes from the scene of Kelley's wreck). I went to church with Kelley and her family. I, in fact, just got back from church. Her family was there today. Amazing. They hadn't gone to church in about a year, and they came to today's morning service. It was very moving to have them there.

Here, I'll give the obituary address from the Atlanta Journal Constitution's website: http://www.legacy.com/atlanta/LegacySubPag...ersonID=3450346

She was very loved. I'm acutally kind of surprised to have found a thread about this. I was searching google for some more insight on the legal proceedings about the wreck and stumbled on this thread. It's very nice to know that she was loved by so many people and that condolences are sent to her.

You can actually make a donation to The Kelley A. Halpern Memorial Fund, c/o Harvest Community Church of the Nazarene, 701 Cole Drive, Lilburn, GA 30047. That's my church, by the way. The fund is going towards purchasing lots and lots of books. Kelley loved to read and loved to discuss her opinions on the books she read.

Take a look at her obituary.