Doctors deliver baby boy after mother involved in deadly car crash
COLLIN COUNTY, Texas -- Doctors who were forced to deliver a baby whose mother was involved in a fatal car crash say the infant is doing OK.
The mother, Heather Trimble, was 8 months pregnant and traveling with her family when her vehicle collided with an out-of-control car in northern Collin County, Texas, on Tuesday. She is still on a breathing apparatus, CBS DFW reports.
Trimble's 4-year-old daughter Matilda is recovering at Cook Children's Hospital. Trimble's parents, Julie and Wayne Trimble, died in the crash.
Two others were killed in the multi-car pileup that also sent nine people to the hospital.
Ashlie Trimble, the couple's other daughter and Heather's sister, was overcome by emotion when talking about the tragedy that struck her family.
"I've been crying since I found out I haven't been able to stop. I honestly don't know where to begin with how both of them," she said.
Ashlie added that the most painful part is knowing the circumstances in which her parents died.
"They were very good people, and they did not deserve to go out this way," she said.
While her sister and nieces are being treated, Ashlie said she is knowing looking for strength to move forward.
"I have to take it day by day, and learn how to cope and get through this," she said.
Loved ones have set up a GoFundMe page for those wishing to donate to them.
Investigators with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) say the 16-year-old driver of a Pontiac Grand Prix was traveling northbound before slowing down to make a left turn. The Grand Prix was rear-ended by a pickup truck and sent spinning into oncoming traffic, causing three more vehicles to crash.
Two of the four people in the Pontiac, 15-year-old Abigail Kendall and 15-year-old Brianna Gesino, both from Anna, Texas, died at scene.
Tuesday, school administrators confirmed that all of the teenagers in the Grand Prix had ties to the Anna Independent School District.
The school has offered counseling to students struggling with the difficult news.
Officials said their investigation into the cause of the crash is going to be exhaustive.
"We want to make sure we do a complete and thorough job with the investigation and again there's a lot of parts to it," Lt. Lonny Haschel from the DPS said. "So, these folks are very focused and they're going to remain that way until they can piece everything together."
