TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A grieving Tulare County family is sharing their loved ones story tonight, after a young mother's life was claimed in a crash caused by an unlicensed teen.

"A beautiful soul, very caring, loving, funny, in so many ways," heartbroken, and through tears, Johana Robles, remembers her younger sister, 23 year-old, Jessica Velazquez.

She was a mother who loved her daughter and her job working with kids at a Visalia after-school program.

"She was just full of life," expresses Johana.

Jessica's life was cut short on Monday in a crash believed to be caused by an unlicensed 19-year-old driver.

The California Highway Patrol says for unknown reasons the 19-year-old driver of a BMW veered onto the left lane, colliding with the drivers side of a Jeep causing the jee

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