Memorial grows where young men died

The memorial is growing at the scene of Sunday morning’s fatal car accident.

Flowers, notes and photos are stacked around the Taco Time pole, the scene of the crash that killed 2008 Ballard High School graduates Spenser Millard, Kellen Jones and Mike Turner.

If you have a memory or encouraging word to share we, have set up an online memorial for the three killed in Sunday’s tragic accident.

Geeky Swedes

The founders of My Ballard

17 thoughts to “Memorial grows where young men died”

  1. Regardless of circumstances, my heart goes out to the parents who have received the most devastating phone call a parent can receive. We should be helping those families and friends get through what is one of the most difficult times of their lives. Shame on those who think this is the time to judge and bicker. We have over the years sat and watched these children along with our children play sports together and share parent conversations on side lines. These are times to rally around what has been our families playing together for years. My love goes out to those family and friends. For those of us who can put themselves in your shoes, we mourn the loss of your children with you. There are those in the Ballard community who will be there for you whatever you need.

  2. This isn't about you. This is about families that need compassion and strength right now.

    Sending out love to all people effected by this.

  3. Nothing but superficial offerings can be given to the dead or their families. Something however can be offered to those who might follow them.

  4. Ytoo should be fired from teaching, I personally don't want my tax dollars going towards teachers that believe that loving and caring for someone is a superficial offering. You must be one sad human being and most likely part of the problem. I'm with those other people that think this blog should be removed.

  5. how is ytoo part of the problem for the choices that these kids made? was he with them in the car? with them prior to the accident at 4:30 am? you could blame the parents too if you're going down that vein. assuming that the parents spend more time with the kids than the teacher. i can't quite understand your comment.

  6. Thank goodness Ytoo's comment was removed because it was completely insensitive. Whatever happened and whatever choices were made and by whom are done and over with. It can't be taken back. However, how the teachers act and react while our children are with them daily make just as much of a difference in their lives as their parents, relatives, and friends. I would hope that when I sent my child to school that his teachers were not closed and insensitive. Sometimes just one person taking time to care enough to listen and have a positive conversation could make a big difference in these kids lives. Even if it just impacts one of our children it makes a difference. They are with the teachers as much as the parents sometimes more, therefore their attitude and emotions are just as important. Perhaps instead of saying to a child that they are destined to be the next tragedy orI knew this was going to happen, we should be having a heart to heart conversation letting them know that we care enough about them and want to see them have a long happy life. Loving them and telling them so is not a superficial offerring as Ytoo said it is. It could be too late to tell them and if we do, then just maybe they will think twice before making a bad decision. Every who touches these kids lives makes a difference.

  7. Our family could only be sad at hearing this news. Maybe you have to be a parent to get it. We too shared the sidelines and cheered as our kids played ball together. Life is what it is, and whenever someone loses a child, it's time to offer heartfelt sympathy for a loss too great to comprehend. We offer ours. (The judgemental comments above are sadly out of place.)

  8. No, Pven, you most certainly do not have to be a parent to “get it.” I am child-free but feel simply terrible about this tragic waste of three promising lives. All you have to be is empathetic and have a functioning brain; progeny is not a requisite.

  9. Tragedies like this remind me how lucky many of us were to live through our own “immortal years.” Despite the fact I never drove intoxicated, I still made some pretty poor choices. More out of confidence than neglect. I imagine they were just young and having a good time… just didn't make it. Hopefully their peers will slow down and live the lives that were lost. My heart goes out to their families and the surviving girl. I can not imagine the pain they are experiencing.

  10. The posts full of blame and anger at those who died are so sad to read. The people who survived to read them did not cause the accident. They are parents who just lost their children, and family and friends who just lost their loved ones. I hope they know that many of their neighbors (who usually do not comment here) wish them only well, and hope that they get all of the support that they need following their unfathomable loss.

  11. I may be an adult now, but the news of this tragic accident took me back to the days of being a “kid” who thought I could do anything. I agree with what “gene1” and “name” had to say. It's a tragic, tragic loss, and anyone who was 19 or 20 once should understand it was an unfortunate accident. We all make mistakes, but most of us lived through it. These kids did not. I have been haunted with this story since it broke. My deepest sympathies to their families and friends whose lives have changed forever.

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