Vandalism continues at West Miami-Dade memorial honoring 4 lives taken by drunk driver – WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
WEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) – A memorial honoring the victims of a drunk driving wreck destroyed.
It’s the not first disturbing display of vandalism at this site.
And the father of one of the victims has said enough is enough.
“They didn’t do anything to you. Come on, really?” said Andres Medina. “All they did was die that day, that moment, that second. That’s all they did.”
Medina stands inches away from the memorial that honors his daughter’s life, 21-year-old Yuhlia Barzaga, as well as 22-year-old Christian Mohip, 21-year-old Andres Zacarias and 21-year-old Jenser Salazar.
“It just hurts, every time,” said Medina.
It’s a painful reminder about what happened on New Year’s Day 2021.
Being there, isn’t easy.
Andres expressed his hurt watching a cell video, adding this is the fourth time it’s happened since the deadly crash.
“They vandalized it three times last year, and then they started doing it again this year already,” said Medina.
No one knows yet whether the same person is behind this.
Videos have been posted on social media.
The most recent one shows a person stomping on pictures of the four people who died that morning.
“I do care. That we don’t have a place to come in peace without thinking, ‘Oh, my God, this is so beautiful.
It’s probably going to get trashed as soon as we leave,”” said Medina.
Detectives arrested and charged Alex Garcia for the deadly crash.
At the time, he was 16.
Authorities said Garcia was speeding and had marijuana and alcohol in his system when he slammed into the other car.
On Tuesday Andres, had visited the memorial located on West Flagler Street and Northwest 79th Avenue.
Medina’s focus is on honoring his daughter and her three friends.
“It does hurt, though, because they don’t deserve it. They had, all four of them, were great kids and. They had a full life ahead of them,” said Medina.
Miami-Dade Police officers have a copy of the video of this year’s vandalism and are investigating.
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