The family of the 17-year-old girl who died after being hit by a car in Pineridg

Calgary
Family identifies  17-year-old girl  killed in  Pineridge crash.
The family of a 17-year-old girl killed in a  crash in Pineridge on Wednesday says she was just months away from  graduating.
Amy Tran, a  12th grader at Lester B. Pearson High School, was walking home after finishing her social studies diploma exam when she was  struck by a  four-point stop  sign at the intersection of Rundlehorn Drive and 26 Avenue  N.E.
"She was going home, (and) on  her way  back, she  went through this (intersection), and then I  don't know who was driving  this crazy car, driving so  hard, so fast and  'She was coming from  here and you can see, you can tell how far (she was  dragged),'" said an emotional Duc Tran,  Amy's father.
Duc visited the crash site Thursday with family members to assess exactly how his daughter died.
He was  devastated after  learning of his  daughter's death Wednesday  night. "The police came to my  house and I was at  work at the time and I didn't know anything was  going on (and) they told me," he  said.
Investigators and  firefighters responded to the intersection for reports that a pedestrian had been  hit around 1:45 p.m.
A preliminary investigation revealed that a  gray 2019 Ford Ecosport, driven by a 75-year-old woman, was  traveling south on Rundlehorn Drive  when it struck the  teenager.
Tran was in a marked crosswalk  on 26th Avenue N.E. when she was  struck.
Firefighters helped free Tran, who was pinned  under the vehicle, but she was pronounced  dead at the  scene.
Tran's older sister, who did not want to be identified, said she was in disbelief  over her sister's  death. "We were very  close," he said.
"The officer told me  he probably died  instantly, so  there was no pain." »
The driver was  not injured and remained  at the  scene.
Speed and alcohol  do not  appear to be factors in the  crash, but police are investigating whether the driver failed to obey a stop  sign.
Tran's sister  said Amy had just been accepted into the University of  Calgary's electrical engineering  program.
Amy Tran was a  12th grader at Lester B. Pearson High School.  (Sent)
She said she was proud of what her sister had accomplished and was excited to do  Amy's makeup for her graduation this  year.
"I felt like I should have  left class to go pick her up or  something," she  said.
"We walked home  like that every day,  from seventh grade for me,  to senior, and  even for  him. I usually walked home with a group of  friends."
But Tran's sister  said Amy's friends had all finished their exams and  chosen other transportation options on Wednesday,  which is why she walked alone. "They either pick them up (their friends) or take the  bus and then on the way  back they saw that this intersection was  blocked," he said.
"Yesterday when I came back from my classes, I saw  that it was blocked  too." I  didn't know. »

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