By: Amanda Wright
July 10th, 2006
Seaford-Early Sunday morning, young girl driving east on Sunrise Highway, hits teenage girl, Jamie, and flees the scene, friends gather to mourn the loss of their friend.“She was the nicest girl anyone knew and I just don’t know why this had to happen to her” said Amanda Wright
Early Sunday morning, Jamie Carbonell was in a hit and run accident after spending the night at a church carnival with all her friends. After Jamie walked one of her friends to the train station to make sure they got home ok, she was crossing sunrise highway, when a 20 year old women hit Jamie and sent her flying in the air and landing 20 feet from where she had been hit. Jamie was with two friends, L.A and Jamal, who had to witness one of the very close friends die. Jamie was dead on impact and there was nothing they could do for her. Minutes after the accident, Gonzo, friend was on scene and he was the brave on to call Ruth, Jamie’s mother to let her know about the accident.
Later that morning, after Jamie’s friends found out about the accident, they all gathered at Jamie’s house to remember her. The friends were trying to comfort, Jamie’s siblings as well as L.A and Jamal, because none of them could have imagine how they would feel if they saw the accident and knew they couldn’t have done anything to save her.
That night they all went to the same church carnival they had been at for every night the past week, but no one was happy and no one could do anything but think about the night before when Jamie was with them, and she was trying to fix everyone else’s problems. “All I could think about was how the night before Jamie was here with us and she was trying to calm me down, because I had been fighting with my boyfriend,” said Amanda Wright, “She was always there to help when anyone needed it and she would always comfort you and tell you everything is going to work out.” All of Jamie’s friends had the same thoughts and feelings about her and they were all saying that they couldn’t believe something so bad could happen to someone so nice. The only reason Jamie was crossing the street that late was because she wanted to make sure someone else got home ok, she was always putting others before herself.
Later on Sunday night, all of Jamie’s friends and family gathered at the scene of the accident, they lit candles and brought flowers in memory of Jamie. Even though they knew it was illegal it didn’t stop anyone from writing messages to Jamie, on the parking curbs. The night of the accident Jamie had won a nemo stuffed animal from the carnival, so that was put at the memorial for her, along with pictures of her and things that reminded Jamie’s friends of her. All of Jamie’s friends wether they had been friends before knowing Jamie, or they were just meeting each other because they had Jamie as a common friend, where all there to help condole each other. “I remember trying not to cry because all my friends were hysterically crying and I knew they needed someone to be strong,” said Amanda Wright “But after a while I couldn’t help it and next thing I knew my friends brother was hugging me and telling me everything was going to be ok.”
Friends of Jamie said they will never forget her and that their lives will not be the same without being able to see her smile, or talk to her about their problems, or be able to get one of her hugs that just made everyone’s problems ok for a little while
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