- Travis Wolfe died on March 6 from severe brain injuries after the car he was in was hit
- Endrina Bracho has been charged in connection with the death of the Missouri teenager
- Police said she was driving at up to 75 mph in the wrong lane in a 40 mph zone at the time of the crash
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The heartbroken sister of a 12-year-old Missouri boy killed by an illegal migrant accused of driving the wrong way at nearly twice the speed limit has said “she shouldn’t have been here”.
Heartbroken Taylor Wolfe said her family has been “torn apart” by the death of her little brother Travis.
The youngster died of brain injuries on March 6, three months after the head on collision.
Venezuelan migrant Endrina Bracho was behind the wheel of her minivan going 75 mph in a 40 mph zone with her own two children in the back at the time of the crash, police said.
After her arrest, Taylor expressed outrage that Bracho was driving when she did not have a license.
Travis Wolfe, 12, of St. Louis, Missouri, has died three months after a car accident with an illegal immigrant
Endrina Bracho was driving along the road in the wrong direction, going double the speed limit with her own children in the back of her car, when she hit the car Travis Wolfe was driving
The Wolfe family’s blue Jeep is seen after the collision last December
‘It makes me really angry, to be honest, everyone here has to have a driver’s license (…) and she didn’t,’ she told Fox. “She shouldn’t have been here.
‘Now my family is stuck with the loss of a child because she didn’t know how to drive.’
After the crash, which also injured Travis’ parents, a GoFundMe was set up to cover the family’s medical expenses.
“If she had come here legally, she would have had the documents and she would have been able to sign herself,” Taylor added.
Court documents state that Bracho is “here illegally from Venezuela” and was driving in the wrong lane when she hit the Jeep in which Wolfes was traveling.
The boy’s father, Tim, had a broken wrist and ribs, while his mother, Steph, suffered a broken ankle and sternum. They have both since been released from hospital.
The crash happened the day before Travis’ twelfth birthday, and Taylor described their anguish at seeing him lying lifeless when he should have been celebrating.
‘It was awful, he wasn’t awake for it, he didn’t get to experience anything, so did he really make it to twelve?’ She asked.
Such was the impact of the crash, it left Travis on life support at St. Louis Children’s Hospital with brain damage from which he did not recover
Bracho’s Dodge minivan is seen with a crumpled hood after the fatal car crash
Travis is pictured with his parents, Tim and Steph, in happier times
She described her brother as a ‘very sweet soul’ who was committed to his friends and ‘always trying to light up the room and make people laugh’.
Taylor was alerted to the crash via an app that alerted her that her brother and Steph had been in some sort of accident.
Travis was taken to St. Louis Children’s Hospital after the collision, and she described the pain of being forced to make decisions for him while his parents were incapacitated.
‘I was in the waiting area trying to find out who was okay. What was going on with Travis and Stephanie felt like a million years.
‘They told me Steph and Dad were fine but Travis was critical. After she said they drove him past. It was really hard, I followed him to the children’s hospital and I was there with him for days.
‘Being the older sister and having to make decisions for her well-being, it was really hard.’
Bracho is currently in custody and being held on a $500,000 cash-only bond, with a hearing set for April 8.
Her children are currently being looked after by their father.
She is charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree assault, two counts of endangering a child in the first degree and one count of operating a vehicle without a valid license.