By Lydia Sidham. Bay City News.
A wrongful death lawsuit is being filed on behalf of 7-year-old twin girls whose parents were killed in an illegal racing accident in Redwood City.
A family of four, the parents and twin daughters, were driving home from the girls' grandmother's house shortly before Christmas last year when they were struck by a car traveling at 100 mph, instantly killing both parents, Gregory Ammen and Grace Spiridon. They were less than 10 minutes from their home in San Carlos at the time of the crash.
The twins, Madison and Olivia Ammen, survived and suffered minor injuries.
According to the complaint filed in the lawsuit, two San Mateo County residents, Carlos Salto Morales and Kyle Harrison, were allegedly racing each other on El Camino Real in Redwood City, a busy street with a 35 mph speed limit, leading to the collision.
When they stopped at the same traffic jam, Morales challenged Harrison to a race as the two revved their engines back and forth, according to Harrison's account to police, according to