LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - It’s been a devastating three days for the family of the 12-year-old girl who was killed in a car crash on the Gene Snyder Freeway early Monday morning.

Police say 12-year-old Jada Smith was killed when the car she was traveling in was hit by a drunk driver. That driver, Renaldo James Gill, has been charged with DUI, murder, assault and failure to wear a seatbelt.

“Jada was a ball of joy,” her aunt, Dayanna Broome, said. “Good big sister, good cousin, good daughter, good niece.”

The crash also left Jada’s mother, Jasmine Simpson, fighting for her life.

“My sister, she broke two legs, her arm, today we found out that her hip is broke, she broke her jaw,” Broome pointed out. She mentioned Simpson was supposed to have surgery on Wednesday, but that surgery was can

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