Family, friends of Hannah Thorne place memorial at crash site
Two men have been charged with street racing causing death of the 18-year-old
The family and friends of Hannah Thorne have unveiled a memorial at the crash site where the teenager was killed last July.
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"We really want to show people there's a real human cost to negligent driving," Dwayne Legge, relative and member of the STAND for Hannah Foundation, told CBC's St. John's Morning Show.
"[We're] hoping that when [people] see it they will take that moment to realize that their actions can have big consequences and those consequences affect a number of people."
The memorial along Route 73 was unveiled Friday evening, one year after Thorne's death, with a moment of silence at 5:28 p.m. — the determined time of the accident.
Friends of Hannah play "What a Wonderful World"; a song she was learning on the ukulele before her death <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CBCNL?src=hash">#CBCNL</a> <a href="https://t.co/cWZgxLCf8I">pic.twitter.com/cWZgxLCf8I</a>
—@Jeremy_Eaton"We're very fortunate that on the New Harbour barrens, where the crash site was, there's actually cabin owners there that own a piece of property, and they've been very generous and allowed us to put that memorial there," Legge said.
Thorne was killed July 7, 2016 when the car she was in was hit by another vehicle. Two men have been charged with street racing causing death of the 18-year-old and have pleaded not guilty.
Thorne's grandmother was also in the car and received serious injuries.
Family and friends of Hannah Thorne are marking the one year anniversary of her death with a new memorial on Route 73 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cbcnl?src=hash">#cbcnl</a> <a href="https://t.co/sBQBoXX9FZ">pic.twitter.com/sBQBoXX9FZ</a>
—@Jeremy_EatonWith files from the St. John's Morning Show