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Residents sign condolence cards April 1 during the Providence Master Planned Community’s Family Fun Festival at Knickerbocker Park. The event included a rally to support the Espinosa family, who were involved in a March 26 car crash that killed 10-year-old Jamie Espinosa and her 69-year-old grandmother, Angelita. Sandy Lopez/View
The late Jamie Espinosa, 10, and her grandmother, Angelita Espinosa, 69, shown here in a picture from Facebook, were both killed after a drunken driver broadsided their vehicle in California during the trip back to Las Vegas from a family vacation March 26. Courtesy of Facebook
Jamie Espinosa and her grandmother Angelita are seen in a poster from Facebook advocating for justice against 25-year-old drunken driver Cheyenne Wyllie, who officers say broadsided the Espinosa's car. Wyllie was later released on bond. Courtesy of Facebook
Karla Espinosa, left, poses for a photo with her sister, Jamie, and her grandmother, Angelita, in this picture from Facebook. Jamie and her grandmother were killed in a March 26 car crash in March during a family vacation. Courtesy of Facebook
A GoFundMe page is seen during the Providence Master Planned Community's Family Fun Festival at Knickerbocker Park. The event included a rally to support the Espinosa family, who were involved in a March 26 car crash that killed 10-year-old Jamie Espinosa and her 69-year-old grandmother, Angelita. Sandy Lopez/View
Condolence cards and pens were on hand April 1 so residents could write messages to the Espinosa family. Sandy Lopez/View
Residents sign condolence cards April 1 during the Providence Master Planned Community’s Family Fun Festival at Knickerbocker Park. The event included a rally to support the Espinosa family, who were involved in a March 26 car crash that killed 10-year-old Jamie Espinosa and her 69-year-old grandmother, Angelita. Sandy Lopez/View
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By SANDY LOPEZ VIEW STAFF WRITER
April 14, 2016 - 5:30 am
 

The Providence Master Planned Community hosted a Family Fun Festival April 1 that included a rally to support the Espinosa family, Providence residents who were involved in a March 26 car crash that killed 10-year-old Jamie Espinosa and her 69-year-old grandmother, Angelita Espinosa. Jamie’s father, George Espinosa, was injured in the crash and remains in critical condition. The family was headed home from Yosemite National Park in California when police officers say 25-year-old drunken driver Cheyenne Wyllie ran a stop sign in her SUV and broadsided the family’s car. Wyllie was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and was later released on bond. During the master-planned community’s festival at Knickerbocker Park, attendees were invited to sign condolence cards for the family and donate through a GoFundMe page at gofundme.com/helpespinosafamily to help pay for the family’s funeral and medical expenses. As of April 5, the campaign had raised $57,458 of a $100,000 goal.

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