Florida mom remembers her children two years after fatal crash, welcomes new baby
Sabrina Hernandez lost three children and her mother in a 2023 car accident. Now, as the driver’s father faces charges, she and her husband are finding hope in their newborn son.
On September 3, 2023, Hernandez’s children — Mylie, Marvin, and Anayari — were riding with their grandparents in Poinciana when a 15-year-old driver ran a stop sign and crashed into them. Hernandez’s mother and all three children died, while her father survived with critical injuries.
Minutes before the crash, Hernandez spoke with her son. “My son called me and said, ‘Mommy, we’re 15 minutes away.’ I said, ‘OK, I’ll see you in a bit. I love you.’ And he said, ‘I love you, too,’” she recalled.
When her family didn’t return, she rushed to the hospital only to learn the worst.
Despite her grief, Hernandez chose forgiveness. “I forgive him because I am Christian. I believe in Jesus,” she told WESH2. But she also pressed for safety improvements at the intersection where the crash happened, hoping no other family would experience the same loss.
Her husband, Mickey, shared his pain publicly, writing on Facebook: “God, please hold my babies tight; tell them mommy and daddy are doing just fine. I miss you guys so much!”
Legal consequences emerge
For months, no charges were filed, frustrating the Hernandez family. In February 2025, that changed. According to court records, the father of the teen driver was charged with multiple counts of manslaughter after allegedly letting his unlicensed son drive. Investigators say he even moved a car to give the boy access to the vehicle.
The teen himself is now facing four counts of vehicular homicide.
The Hernandez household, once busy with children’s laughter, is now quiet. “It was loud, chaotic… full of happiness. I miss it. The silence is a reminder of them not being here,” Hernandez said.
For a long time, the children’s rooms remained untouched. “Even my daughter’s room. Her garbage can still had paper she was drawing on. It was just too hard for me.”
In 2025, the couple learned they were expecting again. Their son, Israel, was born healthy in June. “It doesn’t replace my beautiful three children, but it was a way for God to give me back something I enjoyed so much, and that was being a mom,” Hernandez said.
Still, Mickey reflected with pain as the second anniversary of the crash approached: “I still can’t believe September 3rd is right around the corner… the law handled this whole situation wrong. The parents aren’t taking responsibility. And the kid getting just five years — I just can’t believe it.”
Two years later, the grief remains, but so does the love for the children they lost. Baby Israel will never meet his siblings, but his arrival has brought his parents a measure of healing as they continue to remember Mylie, Marvin, and Anayari.
