Friends remember Turlock woman killed in Merced County crash

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- Tragic caller details person been revealed successful a deadly Merced crash, Action News has learned Heather Hines was the operator killed, and it happened connected the nighttime of her 41st birthday.

"She volition beryllium missed... much than she'll ever know," said James Bullock.

Bullock held backmost tears arsenic helium mourned the abrupt nonaccomplishment of his friend.

Tuesday morning, friends gathered astatine the clang site, grasping astatine immoderate they could to support Heather's representation alive.

"She ever ate sunflower seeds, truthful I person a container of sunflower seeds that was conscionable laying close there," Bullock said.

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He tells america he'd known Heather since they were 16 years old.

He and his girlfriend, Samantha Chamberlain, were expected to observe Heather's day with her.

"She didn't rather person a barroom yet, truthful I got immoderate day barroom truffles," Chamberlain said, arsenic she dug the container of truffles retired from the canal.

From the debris, Bullock cautiously dug retired Heather's sunglasses.

"Brings a batch of memories, and tears. Because... the aviator sunglasses, I'd instrumentality hers, she'd instrumentality mine," helium said.

Heather tin beryllium seen wearing them successful photos of the 3 friends smiling during a travel to Las Vegas.

Chamberlain spoke to the beingness Heather led.

"She was a heavy lover, she loved everybody. And everybody loved her profoundly arsenic well," she said.

What was meant to beryllium different nighttime of solemnisation is present everlastingly marked by tragedy.

Heather Hines leaves down 2 daughters.