Kailee Mills was driving with three friends to a Halloween party in Houston on October 28 when she took off her seat belt to snap a selfie
A Texas teen, 16, was tragically killed in a car crash just blocks away from her home after she unbuckled her seat belt to take a selfie.
Kailee Mills, a junior at Klein Collins High School, was driving with three friends to a Halloween party in Houston on October 28 when she proceeded to take off her seat belt to snap the picture.
The car was involved in a single rollover wreck in Rothwood, Texas, and Kailee – sitting in the back seat – was ejected from the vehicle. She was the only passenger who died and was just 500 yards from her home.
‘The car went off the road. She was ejected and she died instantly. All the other kids in the car they had their seat belts on and they all survived with very little injury,’ her father, David Mills, explained to KRIV.
The Harris County Sheriff’s deputies stated that they believe that the driver of the vehicle was speeding and lost control, KTRK reported.
‘All I kept saying was, “It’s not real, it’s not real,”‘ said mother Wendy Mills.
The car was involved in a single rollover wreck in Rothwood, Texas, and Kailee – sitting in the back seat – was ejected from the vehicle
David added: ‘We know if she had her seat belt on, she’d still be here.’
The Mills have started the Kailee Mills Foundations, a non-profit that puts decals in car windows with the hope of reminding folks to utilize their seat belts.
They’ve also teamed up with the Texas Department of Transportation for the new ‘Click It or Ticket’ campaign.
The campaign will use mostly a variety of white footwear to represent the nearly one thousand people who fall victim to incidents in the state.
She was the only passenger who died and was just 500 yards from her home
Her parents – David and Wendy Mills – have started the Kailee Mills Foundations, a non-profit that puts decals in car windows with the hope of reminding folks to utilize their seat belts
‘Our daughter’s shoes are the pink ones that we placed there to represent her. They call them ghost shoes. I can almost see all the people standing here,’ said David Mills.
The Mills hope to honor their daughter’s legacy by pushing for increased seat belt usage across the state.
‘She had this laugh that was very unique. Her laugh alone made you smile and she loved to make people smile. My daughter was just outgoing, a ray of sunshine,’ added Wendy Mills.
The TXDOT states that the risk of dying by car crash goes down 45 per cent in a car and 60 per cent in a truck when utilizing a seat belt.
They’ve also teamed up with the Texas Department of Transportation for the new ‘Click It or Ticket’ campaign. The campaign will use mostly a variety of white footwear to represent the nearly one thousand people who fall victim to incidents in the state