Brooke Hughes (Scranton, Pennsylvania)
Brooke Hughes (Scranton, Pennsylvania)
Brooke Miranda Hughes was an 18-year-old from Scranton, Pennsylvania, but at one point in her life lived in Indianapolis. She was a cashier at Long John Silver's. Hughes is known to have a down to earth personality. [1]
Death
On December 6, 2016, just past midnight, Hughes and her friend Chaniya Morrison-Toomey were driving on Interstate 380 (Pennsylvania) near Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania when Hughes decided to go on Facebook Live. [1] They were driving on a spare tire. [1] Chaniya can be heard asking Hughes "are you going live" right before a tractor-trailer bulldozed into their car, killing them both.
Michael Jay Parks was driving the tractor-trailer, he has not been charged.
The Facebook Live video has since been removed from Hughes' Facebook and Police are using it as evidence to investigate the incident.
A GoFundMe has been created to help pay for Brooke's funeral.