Kayla Preuss died
By Clarencia Cynrae on August 18th, 2008Kayla Preuss, 16, of Highland, died when she lost control of her car. She was driving on the Interstate 10 Freeway in Redlands. Kayla Preuss crashed her car and she died of head injuries.
Police said Kayla Preuss drove under the influence of alcohol, was speeding, and texting on her cell phone. Kayla’s mother, Kelly Preuss, said that she hoped that people would become aware of the dangers of texting and driving.
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August 18th, 2008 at 9:14 am
She is an idiot…. what a waste… 16 years old and her idiotic mother hopes this sends a lesson about testing and driving, HEY MOM!!!! HOW ABOUT UNDERAGE DRINKING AND DRIVING!!!!!
August 19th, 2008 at 7:16 am
her mother has got to be the biggest dumbass, and I do not feel sorry for this girl. she could have killed my family wehile we were coming home from vacation. better her then us.
August 19th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Why would anyone say such mean things? Have you never made a
mistake before? I’m sure you have. I doubt you told your parents everything you did. Have some respect for people and their loss.
I would never drive drunk now, but I did when I was 16. It’s not something I’m proud of but learned from and I often think how lucky
I was that I didn’t kill anyone.
August 19th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
wow you people are heartless! she was an awesome girl i knew her! i gurantee you did stupid shit too and learned from it. she didnt have the chance to learn from it and thats sad. i didnt know here well but she didnt deserve that. no one deserves to die. i cant believe people would say something like that it makes me sick to my stomach
August 19th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
you are right jill and kiki. in my opinion from what jill said, maybe Kayla Preuss will learn from this mistake and she will not kill…you know, do this again. hopefully she will remember that there are people other then herself on the road and that she should not drink drive and text message ….STUPID!!!
I wonder how long it will take this dumbass mother to find a parasite attorney and sue the state these idiots reside in….blame someone else and not their selves.
August 19th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Okay, Kimaelch you either truly don’t ‘get it’ or you enjoy upsetting
people. Either way I feel sorry for you.
August 19th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
This is a terrible tragedy.. But I do have to say there is a reason it is against the law to drink and drive.. and at 16 yrs old that’s just ridiculous…. There are consequences for the decisions this girl made it’s just to bad she’s not around to learn from her mistakes… RIP
August 19th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Look… making mistakes and learning from them is fine….
but this chick (even in her ‘tribute’ on youtube) has PHOTOS of her blatantly drinking!!! Her parents are OBLIVIOUS!!! She is 16!!!
No one ever TOLD her she was making a mistake, because her friends and family condone it!!!
I thanks God she only killed herself..
If she had hit any of MY family members, I’d sue her parents for EVERYTHING.
If you drink when you are 16, your parents simply don’t care. Period. That’s not normal… for anyone!!!
When will people learn that giving your kids everything they want is actually the OPPOSITE of loving them.
Oh btw, for any of you that “know” this chick, I hope you learn a lesson from this…
and more importantly, I hope your parents learn what the heII their doing.
August 20th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
After reading the full story on how this girl died, I think her parents deserve some criminal charges. They are fully responsible for their daughter’s nonstop stupidity. I’m sure the highschool dropout couldn’t afford the car, alcohol, cellphone bill, etc. on her own. Their spoiled, reckless daughter got into something that her parents couldn’t get her out of. Wow!
August 25th, 2008 at 12:53 am
NO ONE deserves to die from making a mistake…however, since it DID happen here and this girl was obviously making numerous mistakes (drinking, driving, texting, speeding). Short of bad mouthing her for making them…lets learn from this. Teach our kids, show them the articles and stuff so they can get the picture. The parents are the ones to blame. Why did a 16 year old have a car? She’s a drop out? Why was she out at that hour driving? Where were the parents? The ones to blame here are the PARENTS. They need to be reprimanded. I’m sure they knew she drank…alcohol reeeeeeks from your pores and they didn’t know? again…the parents really need a reality check.
August 29th, 2008 at 11:50 am
I cannot stand people who point the finger at other people, one you are heartless and obviously not a CHristian, you are controlled by sin and evil. We all have made mistakes and when I was between 14-18 my friends and all of us made mistakes and now we are in our 40’s we were lucky to survive, we were all spoiled and we are great people. Being spoiled does not make it a crime only jealous people talk bad about that. You have no idea what kind of relationship the mom and daughter had. I was always close to my mom but she did not know everything in my life and no parent does. You cannot blame parents, you have no idea the relationship they have. Parents try to give there kids advise and hopefully they listen. God called Kayla home that night and I know the family very well and knew how much she loved that little girl. I have never met a parent who did as much for Kayla and her friends she was there to take and pick them up from school everyday, took them to the beach, events where were the other parents at??? They never had time for their kids. She was not a drop out she went to school and worked all you dumb ass people. Get a life!!!! Maybe you all need to go to church and learn what is in a persons heart.
August 29th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
What a great family they are, they love both their kids so much, the mom was always running around for Kayla and all her friends. Her mom was worried about drinking and driving and always told Kayla do not drink or drive, do not text when you drive. Kayla was never know to have driven when she drank. The mom thought Kayla was being honest to her and she did have a cerfew for all you horrible people out there, I know the mom and dad were calling Kayla that night looking for her. Kayla said she was with her boyfriend and told her parents she was so sorry for not calling them. People need to know what happen the fax only thing people look at are photos and what is said. You have no idea how much those parents worried about Kayla, they knew Kayla went to parties and there was drinking going on however Kayla was not known for drinking alot her mom thought she knew better than to drink and drive. I think there are way to many evil, ugly people in this world at least Kayla is happy with the Lord and away from nasty people like you all.
August 29th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
A sixteen yr. old child should not be out at 3 am driving drunk and texting. Seems to me she got whatever she wanted from her parents… now look how that turned out….
August 30th, 2008 at 2:01 am
Kayla and hr parents and all of you “oh she was a good person” types are pieces of crap and the reason why we have so many issues we have today. She should have had her assesd whooped by her non-parents. BTW, Anel and Becky sound like tehy need some of tehat freom their parents….
August 30th, 2008 at 2:28 am
This is to Amy,
You are so dumb did you ever think when you were sixteen did you tell your parents you were staying at a friends and maybe you were out till late. It does not matter if it was 3 or 11:00 this could happen at anytime of the evening. I cannot stand people who write such stupid things about the time. They said she has a curfew so that was not want the parents wanted to happen. Kayla should have gotten a second chance which could have changed everything in her future. I believe God called her home because it was her time and no one can take that away. Only God calls your time home not you. I think you need to go to church and stop thinking you are perfect and never did anything wrong. Most kids at this age are all doing the wrong thing they just had not been caught yet, the age between 13-18 for girls is the most difficult time for parents. You know nothing about this family and how they feel. You are a heartless person.
August 30th, 2008 at 6:23 am
To Kim
Yes I did do alot of stupid things, drinking and driving sure wasn’t one of them. I wasn’t trying to be rude in anyway. I know when i was sixteen i had curfews. And look at me now 30 yrs old… It really is a shame, she was a beautiful girl who i’m sure had alot to live for. Just to bad she’s not.
May she RIP
August 30th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
First off I want to apologize for coming off heartless, because thats the last thing i wanted to do. This story just angers me so much. Makes me wander how much freedom her parents gave her. Almost every pic i’ve seen she has a beer in her hand so the parents knew something. Maybe if they’d tried to help her or scold her or anything that may have led to this tragedy. Yes it’s the girls fault but with some love and support from the parents things may have turned out differently. Never know
August 30th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
All was doing at that age was doing good in school, taking dance class and just hanging out with my friends. Oh and I also got into a bad accident while drinking. Hit a pole and flipped my car. I know drinking can be fun and all but i wish kids would just follow the law and wait until they are old enough. We’re losing way to many children/young adults to drinking and driving…
rip
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:43 am
To Amy,
Hi Amy I know the family very well the mom and Kayle were very close however the mom never saw the photos since they were on my space. Kaylas mom was the only mom I ever knew who toke Kayla and all her frends to places in life since they time she was little, how come these other parents never to the kids places I will tell you why because they only had time for them selfs and not the kids. That mom would do anything for Kayla. She found out the night of the accident Kayla did things she would never have done. Her mom would always tell her about the dangers of drinking and driving and told her if you go out with your friends and there is drinking going on you need to call us we do not want you drinking however if there is do not get into a car with a driver who has been drinking or your self call we will pick you up. She was one parent who knew kids do not tell the parents everything however she remembered when she was 16. That was the only mom who I knew that would do anything for her child. She even showed her daughter videos about drinking and driving. There was alot of love but according to Kayla’s friends she was so upset that night because of the boyfriend who was cheating on her changed Kayla alot. Which that is not a good thing. I know for a fact Kayla’s mom begged Kayla not to have a boyfriend because she was changing so much in the past 5 months. I knew how stressed the mom was all the time trying to talk to her. The mom said I know I spoil her so much but the mom her self was spoiled as a teenager but grew up as a hard worker and trying her best in life, the majority of the moms around her do not work. The mom had great plans for Kayla they were looking into colleges next year. I think what is difficult people only read what was in black and white and need to know what was going on that night. We know Kayla was crying, very upset, texting to the boyfriend and looking for him that evening. She had a crew few and the parents were very upset at her that evening because Kayla always comes home by her crew few that was the first time that Kayla did not call home at her crew few, she was a good girl. We know she drank a little and took pictures to show off. There were times when the parents had a party and Kayla held up a bottle and took a picture hwoever she was not drinking at her parents party. Kayla was always nice and never talked back to her parents always nice to everyone. She smiled all the time even when she was sad she made us all believe she was happy and we all found out the last month she was sad. I hope teenage girls are careful who they date and fall in love with at that age. I feel it is a difficult age for parents.
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:37 am
To Nucking futzs
People like you are so stupid you do not know how to spell, and obvious you have to hide behind a dumb name. You have no life and I am sure your brain is fried. You need to get with the world, you better remember you are not here for ever and hopefully you have a concept of life. I feel sorry for people like you, you do not know the lord or where you will end up when you die. You have nothing else to do except put people down.
September 5th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
i cant believe you people. you call yourself adults? as your sitting here bashing a mother and family that lost there daughter no matter what the circumstances were a life was lost. you should be ashamed.
September 5th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
This is to Who:
The narcissistic attitude this young girl displayed along with the non-parenting of her so called mother and father is disgusting. She was a self absorbed little girl that was allowed to get away with whatever she wanted to do without boundaries. Was that her fault, no, but the parents should be held accountable for the environment they allowed her to grow up in. Bottom line, better her than me or one of my family members…. The world is a safer and better place with her gone and I hope her parents suffer. Their only redemption is to go out to the world and advocate against the very thing they allowed their daughter to do.
September 12th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
To Nucking futz
You will go to hell because you are a horrible person and the world would be better off if we did not have people like you on earth. You have no heart and do not know what the parents allowed you do not know them how can you talk when you have no idea what happened all you know is a little portion of the paper. You have nothing else better to do. You are a lonely person who enjoys being a nasty to people and have nothing else to do. I bet you are ugly on the inside and out.
September 12th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
To Asshley,
If you condone this type of behavior, maybe you should enjoy the same fate.
September 14th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
To nucking futz,
See you have nothing else going on in your life except to make bad comments, I guess you are a lonely crazy person. So by the way have you ever drank once in your life and drove, or maybe you just got lucky because thousands of people go out all the time and drink and of course we do not always think when we drive after going out. I bet you have at least done that once in your life, we are only human and everyone makes mistakes. Maybe you need to think about that dumb ass!!!!
September 15th, 2008 at 1:44 am
I want everyone to know who writes in and does not know Kayla or exactly what happened that night needs to but out. I know everyone has an opinion, however they all need to realize Kayla did not drink and drive that was not like her when we would go to parties everyone would be drinking she was one of the few who would maybe have 1 or 2 drinks but not drive home. Her parents always told her call us do not get into a car when someone had been drinking or your self. Her mom was not dumb she knows how teenage kids are. The night Kayla died was difficult on all her friends, she had a boyfriend and they were not getting along that night, he had lied to her and she knew it that is wht they were texting so much to each other that night. Kayla left a party that evening very upset on her own looking for her boyfriend and we knew she was crying. We all feel upset because someone should have driven her and not let her go on her own. She was not drunk when she left the party, she barely drank. We know she did go over the boyfriends house and he was not home, his cousin was. We assume she was so upset and not thinking and starting drinking over there. Her mom had been calling looking for her because she was not home at her curfew time. Kayla had talked to her mom and told her mom another story. Her mom had no idea Kayla had any drinks, she thought she was with her boyfriend at his house and feel a sleep and did not realize the time. Kayla had talked normal to her mom, there was no way of knowing she had any drinks. Those parents always worried about Kayla and was always given her advise. Us teenagers make so many mistakes but that is how we learn. Kayla had a bright future and knew exactly what she wanted to do when she graduated. That night was not like her, she did not think and she is the one who always worries and people driving and drinking. We all realize for some reason it was her time, we all have a time we will die only God knows. Kayla’s car was not in bad shape from the accident, which is hard to explain why she died. That was one girl who everyone thought would make something incrediable with herself. She had a beautiful soul and loved everyone. She would help anyone out, from people on the streets who do not have money she would help out. We all know this is a horrible world, if you do not have any faith or believe in the Lord it is very difficult to get by in this world. You all need to really think and have a heart because Kayla would never want to hurt or kill anyone.