Teen inside SUV describes moments before deadly Nassau County crash

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The Nassau County community is grieving the loss of two little boys who were killed in a crash that injured six other children.

People told Action News Jax the boys’ mother was drinking before she got behind the wheel to drive 8 children home from a Halloween party on Saturday night.

Photos: Community comes together after two boys killed in Nassau crash

Action News Jax spoke to a 14-year-old girl who was inside the SUV when it hit a pole and flipped.

“I thought it was a dream, but it wasn’t,” Trinity Hancock said.

Hancock said she was in the SUV along with the seven other kids, sleeping, because the party had ended hours ago.

She said she woke up to yelling.

“Everybody was trying to stop her and yelling at her,” Hancock said.

She and others said Tonya Capallia-Eason, who was behind the wheel, had been drinking.

The person hosting the party told Action News Jax that drinks were not served at the children's Halloween party but Capallia-Eason brought a bottle of rum.

He said he saw Capallia-Eason take a shot of liquor and told her to stop.

“She was drunk, I’m surprised she could even walk to get into the vehicle,” Hancock said.

Despite efforts to stop her, Capallia-Eason got into the SUV and drove off, witnesses said.

“She slammed on the gas, and she was going so fast it moved us all to the front, like it pushed us,” Hancock said.

The Florida Highway Patrol said instead of turning right at a dead end, the SUV went straight into a utility pole and flipped.

Nehemiah, 8, and Nick, 9, were killed. Six other children, ages 15 and under, were seriously hurt.

Several people stopped at a memorial at the crash site on Sunday and Monday.

Ray Dice, who lives across the street from the boys killed in the crash, stopped by on Monday.

“God has two angels, I’ll tell him that,” Dice said.

Hancock and her mother said they have questions, they said they have no anger toward Capallia-Eason.

“I want to be upset, but as a mother I’m more humbled and feel more blessed that I get to hold my baby every night,” Trinity’s mother Tobi Wilson said.

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