Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, May 21, 1990 TAG: 9005210363
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A-3 EDITION: EVENING
SOURCE: JOEL TURNER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
The 16-year-old junior at Franklin County High School dressed early so her mother, Janice, could take pictures of her in her prom dress.
She was going to the dance with her boyfriend, Todd Crowe, a senior at Franklin County High School.
Her mother was so proud of Lisa that she wanted her sister-in-law, Garnett Woods, to see her in her black prom dress.
Janice and her two younger children, Stacie, 11, and Kevin, 5, drove several miles to the Woods' home on Virginia 40 east of Ferrum early Saturday afternoon for a visit.
She told Lisa to stop by the Woods' house on their way to the prom in Rocky Mount so she could take pictures of the couple.
It was a festive and happy time.
"Her mother was so proud of her and everybody was so happy, laughing and having a good time," Woods said.
Lisa's father, Carl, plays in a country music band, the Dry Hill Draggers. The band played a benefit concert at the Ferrum Rescue Squad Saturday afternoon and then left for a dance in Floyd County Saturday night.
Shortly after 6, after Janice had finished taking the pictures, Lisa and Todd left for the prom.
But Lisa did not get to dance Saturday night.
Soon after Lisa and Todd left for the prom, Janice and her two younger children left for home. They live on Virginia 40 west of Ferrum, about six miles from Woods home.
A few minutes after they left, Woods heard a loud noise that she thought to be a car wreck. And then she heard the sirens on the ambulances shortly afterward.
"I went through my mind that it might be Janice and her children because they had just left. I thought about them," Woods said.
And it was Janice and her children.
State police said a car driven by Stefan Darrell Helms entered a right-hand curve, slid off the left side of the road, came back onto the highway and struck the Scott car head on.
Janice died at the scene. Stacie died about an hour later at Franklin Memorial Hospital. Kevin was in "very serious" condition at Roanoke Memorial Hospital today.
Helms also died at the scene of the accident.
Lisa and Todd had reached the parking lot at Franklin County High School and were getting ready to go inside for the prom when authorities arrived to tell her about the accident.
Keywords:
FATALITY
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