A teenage girl has been life fighting for her life after a horrific car crash killed her parents and two siblings.
Emma Lourenco, 19, is the sole survivor of the collision that killed her parents Daniel and Jennifer, 44 and 45, as well as her sister Madelynn, 16, and brother Matthew, 14.
The family had been on their way to church Sunday December 15 when a speeding car collided with their Jeep as they crossed an intersection in Turlock, California.
Her parents died in the initial collision alongside the driver that collided with them who has been identified Uriel Guizar Negrete, 22.
Emma and her siblings were all rushed to hospital were Madelynn and Matthew both later died from their injuries.
Speaking with FirstAlert4, her uncle Jason McLelland said: ‘We are still asking for prayers and thoughts.
‘Our oldest niece, the who is still fighting on in the hospital, will likely need a lot of long-term care.’
McLelland, the brother of Jennifer, said his sister was a teacher at Sinclear Elementary School and had been named teacher of the year in 2023 and 2024.
He added: ‘Jennifer just had an ability to be able to reach people and see the best side and bring the best side out of them.
‘Daniel was the best husband. He raised an amazing family of all good kings.Maddie had a smile that would just light up the room.
‘She was the social butterfly of that family. Matthew was just a goofy boy in a great way. He loved soccer. He just took up cross country running this year, and he loved it.
‘He ran with his heart out, just really trying to get better. No matter what it was, he always wanted to push himself.’
McLelland has said that the family intended to donate Matthew’s organs, with a GoFundMe also being set up to help with funeral expenses and medical costs.
In a post to the fundraising page, which has so far raised over $89,000, family friend Stephanie Wallace said that Emma was slowly coming out of a induced coma.
Wallace said that her breathing tube had been removed and she had been taken off life support machines and had briefly woken up.
In a statement, the Ceres Unified School District remembered Jennifer as being a ‘gifted and dedicated educator’.
They said: ‘While we are still processing this unimaginable tragedy, our hearts go out to members of the Lourenco family and their loved ones.
‘Mrs. Lourenco was a moderate-severe teacher at Sinclear Elementary School and was Sinclear’s Teacher of the Year in 2023-24.’
It continued: ‘She was a gifted and dedicated educator and a beloved colleague whose loss will be deeply felt throughout the school community.’