Family Of Student Chassity Hollimon Killed In Crash Upset Over Charges

COBB COUNTY, Ga. -- A grieving family is angry over the charges a man faces in the death of a college student. They said he deserves harsher punishment.

Chassity Hollimon was headed home from work April 20 when she was gravely injured in a car crash. Family members said they are heartbroken.

”Her smile, just everything about her I miss. She’s my daughter. She was my daughter, said Hollimon’s mother, Tammie.

Police said another driver, Albereto Abreus, ran a red light and t-boned Hollimon at the intersection of Barrett Parkway and Roberts Boulevard in Cobb County. She died two days later.

”He broke her left hip, her spine, her spleen. She was bleeding inside. She had head trauma, Tammie Hollimon said, showing Channel 2’s Eric Philips crash scene pictures.

Abreus is charged with second-degree vehicular homicide, a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year behind bars and up to a $1,000 fine. But Hollimon’s mother said that’s not enough.

”They took my child, my 20-year-old child, out of my arms. They put her in the ground. That’s not a misdemeanor, she said. ”I will fight until my very last breath to breathe. I will fight to change that. It’s not right.

”To be frank, I’d like to see him serve a little time and let him think about it, said Holliman’s father, Baey.

He said his daughter was planning for a wedding three months away, but now, the family is planning her funeral.

”We can’t even function. We can’t even function, Hollimon’s mother said.

A fund has been established to help the family cover burial costs. The Chassity Holliman Fund, account No. 2000044690348, is accessible at Wells Fargo banks.