Florida Highway Patrol said Danielle Billings was driving Friday morning on State Road 16 in St. Johns County when she hit another car head-on and was killed.
“She said, 'I love you mommy. I’ll talk to you soon,'” Brenda Sadowski said of the last words her daughter Billings said to her when they talked on FaceTime Thursday night.
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She tells Action News Jax, “She was my pride and joy, my only daughter, my best friend.”
According to FHP’s incident report, Billings was driving east when she crossed into the westbound lanes, colliding head-on with another vehicle.
“My son called me this morning and said she had been in an accident and didn’t make it,” said Sadowski.
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Miguel Lopez, 23, and Kaitlin Cohn, 17, were in the other car and were taken to the hospital with injuries.
Investigators are still trying to figure out why Billings crossed into oncoming traffic. Her mother said she has no idea what could have happened, but she’d give anything for a different outcome.
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