Families, park officials plan memorial for Stony crash victims - C&G Newspapers
SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Heartbreak rippled through the community as news of the deaths of three Utica Community Schools teenagers spread following a May 8 car crash at Stony Creek Metropark. The families of the teens are now working with Huron-Clinton Metroparks officials to plan a memorial at the location where the black 2008 Jaguar S-Type went over a guardrail, rolled down a grassy slope and came to rest in the Stony Creek spillway. Lauren Haboosh, 20, of Clinton Township, said she and Karen Narra, of Shelby Township, wanted to do something good to remember the loved ones and combat some of the negative attention that the story received. Haboosh is Joseph Narra’s cousin, and Karen Narra is Joseph’s mother. She said Karen Narra, her aunt, also wanted to donate to a memorial at Stony Creek Metropark. Some families were already doing it, and so we collaborated with them,” Haboosh said. “We kind of had an idea to do, like, three trees near the accident in a row to symbolize the boys. and Michael Wells, 17, of Macomb Township, who were all pronounced dead at the crash scene May 8. “We’re still having a hard time with it,” Haboosh said. The memorial is still in the early planning stages, but Haboosh said she and the Wells and Malaj families are working on. Source: www.candgnews.com
