PONTIAC, Mich. – Volunteers teamed up to build a playground at an Oakland County domestic violence shelter in honor of a teen who died in a car crash earlier this year.
Darian Locklear and her friend Julianna Ward-Brown were on their way to hockey practice in February when their vehicle veered off the freeway. Both girls were killed in the crash.
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In the weeks after Darian's death, classmates contacted her family to share stories about her quiet gifts of kindness.
A group decided to give a gift of kindness in her honor by gathering on a rainy day to put up a playground at HAVEN in Pontiac that children who are survivors of domestic violence can use.
"I think she would have loved this," said Darian's friend Ashlyn Vandmergel.