Moment twins, 7, saw their parents die after boy racer slammed into their family's car and orphaned them
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Chilling footage captured the moment a teenage street racer crashed into a family, killing both parents and leaving twin seven-year-old girls orphaned.
Greg Ammen, 44, and Grace Spiridon, 42, were killed on impact when the car they were traveling in was wiped out in a horror November 2022 crash.
The duo's twin daughters Madison and Olivia, who were seven at the time, were in the backseat of the car but survived the wreckage.
Kyle Harrison, who is now 25 but was 23 at the time of the crash, pleaded no contest this week to two counts of vehicular manslaughter for his role in the tragedy.
Harrison was in his BMW racing a minor, 17-year-old Cesar Morales, whose Mercedes went careening into Ammen and Spiridon on El Camino Real, in California's Redwood City.
This is the moment Cesar Morales crashed his Mercedes into a family of four, killing a mom and father as their twin seven year-old daughters looked on. He was racing Kyle Harrison, who has just pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter
Greg Ammen, 44, and Grace Spiridon, 42, were killed on impact when the car they were traveling in was wiped out in a horror November 2022 crash. The duo's twin daughters Madison and Olivia, who were seven at the time, were in the backseat of the car
Harrison was in his BMW racing a minor, 17-year-old Cesar Morales, whose Mercedes went careening into Ammen and Spiridon on El Camino Real, in California 's Redwood City
Morales was charged as a juvenile and will face trial in a children's court.
At the time of the tragedy, relatives said the family of four were heading home from a dinner with Madison and Olivia's grandparents.
Meanwhile the two street racers did not know one another, but stopped at the same light and 'revved their engines' when it turned green, investigators said.
The duo were reaching speeds of 80-90 miles per hour when the crash occurred.
Harrison will be sentenced on December 2. He faces up to nine years in prison.
His co-accused, despite being the one who crashed into the couple, will receive a maximum penalty of six years behind bars if convicted, owing to the fact he was a juvenile at the time of the crime.
'Grace and Greg were outstanding people and lights of love, support and inspiration to countless friends, family, co-workers and their community,' a fundraiser read
Harrison will be sentenced on December 2. He faces up to nine years in prison
Following the tragedy, a GoFundMe was set up for Madison and Olivia. It raised more than half a million dollars.
'Grace and Greg were outstanding people and lights of love, support and inspiration to countless friends, family, co-workers and their community,' the fundraiser read.
'Nothing mattered more to them than Madison and Olivia. The girls, sadly, will need a lifetime of support and love.'
Grace's sister Liza Spiridon told The Daily Journal that her family sees Grace and Greg 'as being murdered.'
'They died instantly upon impact. Their daughters had their blood on them,' she said.
'There needs to be more awareness and exposure. The victims are not getting the justice they deserve.'
