A Georgia mother found out her son died in a car crash after she pulled up to the scene of the wreck unaware of what had unfolded. 
 
 Nicole Bahret of Cumming said she was on her way home in mid-July when she saw her son’s car had been involved in an accident. 
 
 “I knew when I saw his car,” Bahret told WSB-TV. “So, I actually pulled up to the scene. That’s how I found out.” 
 
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 Mackean Robertson, 18, was the only one killed in the wreck. The other drivers and passengers were transported to the hospital to be treated for injuries. 
 
 “When deputies arrived, they determined a white 2010 Mercedes SUV, being driven by a 17 year-old Natalie D’Allen from Suwanee... collided with a white 2005 Honda Accord driven by an 18-year-old male from Cumming,” the Forsyth County Sheriff’s office said in a press release on July 17. 
 
 “The Honda slid sideways into the path of a westbound green Nissan Pathfinder," the statement said. "The driver of the 2005 Honda Accord, Mackean Robertson of Cumming, Georgia was pronounced deceased at the scene.” 
 
 A fundraising page for Robertson's family to help cover funeral costs has raised more than $15,000 as of Wednesday. 
 
 Bahret said she had a conversation with her son just an hour prior to the crash. 
 
 “He actually asked and said, ‘Can I hang out with some friends tonight?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, that sounds great,’” Bahret said. 
 
 Hundreds of people attended Robertson’s funeral. 
 
 “The day he died was probably one of the happiest days of his life because everything was going his way,” Bahret said. “You never think it’s going to be you and everything changes,” she said. “He was precious." 
 
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 Bahret said friends and family have been helping her cope. 
 
 “In time you deal with it better, but the pain doesn’t go away,” Bahret said. 
 
 Forsyth Central High School, which Robertson attended, has scheduled a memorial for the teenager on Aug. 12. 
 
 D'Allen turned herself in to law enforcement on July 23 and posted bond, the sheriff's office told Fox News. 
 
 CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article stated that police said Robertson caused the crash. In fact, the sheriff's department tells Fox News that D'Allen caused the crash. ||||| “When deputies arrived, they determined a white 2010 Mercedes SUV, being driven by a 17-year-old Natalie D’Allen from [south Forsyth] and passenger 17-year-old Alexandra Parker, of [south Forsyth], collided with a white 2005 Honda Accord driven by an 18-year-old male from Cumming,” he said. “The Honda slid sideways into the path of a westbound green Nissan Pathfinder. 
 
 “The Pathfinder, driven by a 22-year-old Michael Norwood from Dahlonega, also had a front-seat passenger, 37-year-old James Lewis, from Cumming. The occupants of the Pathfinder were transported to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.” 
 
 Norwood was the only non-Forsyth resident involved in the crash. 
 
 Rainwater said no charges have been filed yet but are pending the results of an investigation, which remains ongoing. 
 
 Robertson attended Forsyth Central High School from 2013 through 2016, after which he withdrew to attend Georgia Cyber Academy, according to Jennifer Caracciolo, a spokeswoman for Forsyth County Schools. 
 
 Mitch Young, Central’s principal, said Robertson’s mother, Nicole Robertson Bahret, also taught at the school for several years prior to him becoming principal in 2014. 
 
 “It’s hard – I’m a parent and I’ve got two teenagers; it’s just so [sad],” he said. “I think one of the biggest things is his mom taught here as a special [education] teacher for several years and was loved by the faculty, so our faculty and staff’s hearts just break for his mom and their whole family. 
 
 “We’re all really hurting for Nicole.” 
 
 Robertson’s aunt, Baylee Robertson, told the Forsyth County News her nephew graduated from Georgia Cyber in May. 
 
 “MacKean recently graduated from high school and had just started a job that he was very excited about – at just 18 years old, he had his whole life ahead of him,” she said. “He was an amazing person who was liked by everyone he came into contact with. His passions included music, spending time with family and friends, and traveling. 
 
 “We miss our boy more than words can begin to express.” 
 
 Prior to attending Central, Robertson attended Otwell Middle and Mashburn Elementary schools, Caracciolo said. 
 
 In a social media post the FCN was given permission to use, Bahret said she was “devastated” and “numb” in the wake of the tragedy. 
 
 “My first heartbeat outside my body, the boy that gave me purpose and saved me from heading down the wrong path at an early age … MacKean has always been such a force of nature,” she wrote. “He's always been so special, so very unique, so very mine. He was my mini me in so many ways. 
 
 “My heart is in a million pieces and I don't know a way to put into words how this feels. I just keep waiting for him to come up the driveway, music thumping, and I keep being told that's not going to happen. I want to wake up from this nightmare so badly, but there is no end in sight.” 
 
 Jackson Starling, one of Robertson’s closest friends, said the teen was like a brother to him. 
 
 “MacKean is one of my best friends, and we are close enough to be brothers,” he said. “I'll miss him every day, [but] I know that someday I'll see him again and we'll get to finish everything we always talked about.” 
 
 A fundraising page to help pay for Robertson’s funeral expenses was set up by Starling’s sister, Emily Starling. 
 
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 FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. - A grieving mother says she came across a wreck not knowing her teenage son was killed. 
 
 Nicole Bahret told Channel 2’s Chris Jose that she was heading home from running errands when she noticed her son’s car in the wreckage. 
 
 Police say a teen driver failed to yield and caused a three-car wreck just past the entrance to the Sawnee Mountain Preserve in Forsyth County, killing Mackean Roberston. 
 
 Bahret shared several photos of Mackean with Jose Sunday evening, and said one of the things she is going to miss most about her son is his smile. 
 
 “He was just full of joy,” Bahret said. “He was always smiling. always laughing.” 
 
 Bahret said she will hang on to the good times but the past two weeks haven't been easy since losing Mackean. 
 
 “You never think it's going to be you and everything changes. He was precious,” Bahret said about her son. 
 
 Bahret told Jose that she saw Mak an hour before the crash. 
 
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 “He actually asked and said, ‘Can I hang out with some friends tonight?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah that sounds great,” Bahret said. 
 
 It would be the last conversation she would have with her son. 
 
 Bahret said she came across the accident after running some errands. 
 
 “I knew when I saw his car. So, I actually pulled up to the scene. That's how I found out,” Bahret said. 
 
 Last weekend, hundreds of people attended Mak's funeral. The Forsyth Central marching band escorted his body from the church. 
 
 “The day he died was probably one of the happiest days of his life because everything was going his way,” Bahret told Jose. 
 
 And that is how Bahret said she is finding comfort, surrounded by close friends and family. 
 
 “In time you deal with it better but the pain doesn't go away,” Bahret said. 
 
 Forsyth Central will host a memorial for Mak on August 12. 
 
 © 2019 Cox Media Group. ||||| TAMPA — Jessica Raubenolt seized on the sunshine and blue sky at midday Wednesday to take her daughter out in the stroller for a walk along scenic Bayshore Boulevard. Visiting from Ohio, the family had been cursed by rain all week. 
 
 At the same time, Cameron Herrin and John Alexander Barrineau hit the gas, witnesses said, as they raced each other north on Bayshore, a main drag for the two teens who lived less than a mile away. Both had graduated just two days earlier from Tampa Catholic High School. 
 
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 Raubenolt, 24, was pushing 21-month-old Lillia across the northbound lanes from the sidewalk on the bay toward the neighborhood where her uncle lives when they were struck by a black 2018 Mustang with Herrin at the wheel police said. 
 
 One witness heard the distinctive roar of the Mustang’s engine just before the crash. Another saw Raubenolt thrown into the air. The mother was soon pronounced dead at Tampa General Hospital. Her daughter Lillia died on Thursday. 
 
 Raubenolt was crossing legally at the intersection, police said. 
 
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 On Thursday, her uncle, John Reisinger, offered words of forgiveness to those blamed for the death of his niece and her daughter. He spoke to the Tampa Bay Times before police announced that Lillia had died. 
 
 "We’re praying for those young boys and their families," said Reisinger, 62, who lives a quarter-mile from the scene of the crash. "We hope something good will come of this foolish accident. That’s what Jessie would want." 
 
 At the same time, Reisinger is mourning his family’s loss. Raubenolt was a devoted mother, wife and niece who married two years ago after meeting her husband-to-be, David, while studying nutrition at Kent State University. A health and fitness advocate, Raubenolt was visiting Florida with her family so David could obtain his certification in Pompano Beach as a single-engine airplane pilot. 
 
 The bad weather Raubenolt was waiting out also delayed her husband’s certification. The family planned to return home in a week. 
 
 "She made a mark on this world," Reisinger said, "that her death will not diminish. The biggest tragedy is that more people didn’t know her." 
 
 The two teen drivers and Herrin’s older brother, a passenger in his car, were taken into custody at the scene. Cameron Herrin, 18, and Barrineau, 17, each face two counts of vehicular homicide and street racing. They were freed from the county jail on Thursday after each posted $10,000 bail. Tristin Herrin, 20, who faces a misdemeanor charge of racing, was freed that same day after posting $500 bail. 
 
 The Herrins’ address was listed as the home of their parents, Chris and Cheryl Herrin, on Gardner Court just south of the accident scene. The Herrins paid $1.4 million for the house in 2005. Cheryl Herrin was a vice president for State Farm Florida and is a former member of the Citizens Property Insurance board of governors. Chris Herrin works as a videographer/editor, says his account with the online LinkedIn business network. 
 
 Barrineau’s address is just down the street from where Raubenolt’s uncle lives. Barrineau also works nearby, as a part-time bus boy at the Tampa Yacht & Country Club. 
 
 None of the three have a criminal record in Florida, according to a search of Florida Department of Law Enforcement records. They could not be reached for comment. 
 
 The Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg confirmed Thursday that the three are recent graduates of Tampa Catholic High School — Cameron Herrin and Barrineau on Monday, and Tristan Herrin in 2016. 
 
 In a statement, the diocese said it is praying for the victims. 
 
 "Our prayers and hearts go out to the young mother who died ... and all affected by this tragic loss of life," said Teresa Peterson, executive director of communications for the diocese, before the child’s death was announced. 
 
 Witnesses who were walking and driving along Bayshore told police they saw a black Mustang and a gold Nissan racing, arrest reports say. Police said Barrineau was driving the Nissan. One pedestrian described hearing the sound of an engine revving, then turning and seeing the two cars speeding north with the Mustang in front. The vehicles changed lanes to avoid slower traffic, the witness said. Soon after, the witness heard a crash. 
 
 After a while, David Raubenolt began to wonder where his wife and daughter were, so he headed out to Bayshore to look for them, Tampa police spokesman Steve Hegarty said. He came upon the scene and the damaged stroller after they had been taken to the hospital. 
 
 Those who knew Jessica Raubenolt spoke of her passion for heath, exercise and gardening. 
 
 In high school, she developed a garden as her Girl Scout Gold Award project, said Reisinger, her uncle. The garden is still thriving. 
 
 "Anybody who knew Jessica knew she was full of life," said Greta Siler, 55, manager at Food 4 Thought at Kent State, where Raubenolt worked for about three years. "If you knew her, you were a better person after that moment." 
 
 Raubenolt worked to connect people with healthy food and the power of growing and harvesting it, Siler said. They last saw each other just over two years ago, around the time Raubenolt graduated from college. 
 
 "David and Jessica were a sweet, loving couple, full of life and promise," Siler said. "She told me how excited she was, she was engaged. She had her whole life ahead of her." 
 
 The Raubenolts lived on a farm in Jeromesville, surrounded by a patchwork of plowed fields and pastures. David Raubenolt’s grandmother Lillian Raubenolt, for whom their new daughter was named, lives nearby. She said Thursday she can see the house lights the couple left on before they left for Tampa. 
 
 "Every time I saw the lights on, I knew they were there," Lillian Raubenolt said. "But they’re not. It all seems like a fairy tale that ended so quickly." 
 
 Times senior researcher John Martin and staff writers Sue Carlton, Anastasia Dawson, Paul Guzzo and Will Kennedy contributed to this report. Contact Tim Fanning at [email protected] Follow at @timothyjfanning.
– There was no heartbreaking visit from police. Instead, Nicole Bahret learned of the death of her son when she unknowingly came upon the scene of the crash in which he'd died. While driving home from running errands in Forsyth County, Ga., Bahret immediately recognized one of three vehicles at the scene. "That's how I found out," she tells WSB. "I knew when I saw his car." Bahret's son, 18-year-old MacKean Robertson, had died when a 17-year-old driver failed to yield at an intersection and collided with Robertson's 2005 Honda Accord, sending it into the path of another car on July 14, according to police. He was the sole fatality, though others were taken to hospitals with non-life threatening injuries, reports the Forsyth County News. "You never think it's going to be you and everything changes," says Bahret, who'd spoken to her son just an hour before the crash. "In time you deal with it better but the pain doesn't go away." Still, she takes solace in the fact that Robertson was happy. "The day he died was probably one of the happiest days of his life because everything was going his way," she says. The recent high school graduate "had just started a job that he was very excited about," adds his aunt. "He had his whole life ahead of him." Natalie D'Allen, 17, surrendered to police on July 23 and has since been charged with vehicular homicide, per WSB and Fox News. Meanwhile, a YouCaring page has raised $15,000 to pay for Robertson's funeral expenses. (Cops say this teen driver livestreamed the crash that killed her sister.)