Sara Yara, high school junior at McKinley High School in Honolulu, Hawaii has reportedly passed away. According to reports, Sara died as a result of a hit-and-run accident on Kapiolani Boulevard on Wednesday morning, February 15.
While Sara was confirmed dead on the scene due to trauma injuries, her classmate was transferred to a city hospital and is now recovering.
The pickup truck driver was identified through license plate number TTR757 to be Mitchel Miyashiro.
Mitchel, 45, handed himself into Honolulu Police on February 16 as the suspect in Sara’s death-by-hit-and-run.
While he was released after surrendering due to ongoing investigations, it is speculated that the suspect might face up to ten years in prison for fleeing the scene of a death.
As of now, Miyashiro’s lawyer has refused to comment on the matter.
Phoebe Yara and her twin sister Sara did everything together, including walking to school. This included going to and from school. Nonetheless, Phoebe will have to travel alone from now on.
Phoebe beckoned for her friend to return. When asked about her daughter, Chevy Saniatan’s mother remarked, “You wish you could have her back.”
Phoebe was with Sara when she was struck by a car that did not stop after the accident that occurred at a crossing on Kapiolani.
“My dear daughter, her twin, her other half is going to be devastated for the rest of her life because she witnessed everything happen,” Saniatan continued. “She is going to be a broken person because she saw everything happen.”
The family went back to the location, despite the immense amount of pain they were feeling.
“The bloodstain is right there,” she said to me. “You can see it.”
At the location where Sara Yara passed away, her family placed a makeshift memorial with flowers and a photo of Sara there in an effort to get passing motorists to reduce their speed.
Everything for the sake of ensuring that no other twin would be forced to suffer the loss of that unbreakable tie.
“She broke down into tears and exclaimed, ‘We’re not going to go to college together anymore, we promised we’d go to college together… now I got to do things alone,”” Saniatan added.
And not a single other family will suffer the loss of a child.
Her grandfather Herman Saniatan remarked that his grandchildren and great-grandchildren call him “Papa, papa, I love you.” “My Sara, I love you, Sara.”
