Girl remembers family killed in accident

MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE A DRUNK DRIVER KILLED FIVE MEMBERS OF A NEW MEXICO FAMILY DANA PAPST DROVE THE WRONG WAY DOWN I-25 AND CRASHED HEAD ON WITH A MINI VAN KILLING ALL BUT ONE MEMBER OF A LAS VEGAS FAMILY THE ONLY PERSON WHO SURVIVED THE CRASH IS A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL CRIS ORNELAS SPENT THE DAY WITH ARRISA GARCIA HE S JUST BACK FROM LAS VEGAS WITH HOW THE CRASH CHANGED THE TEENAGER S LIFE CHRIS ARISSA GARCIA WATCHED HER FAMILY DIE IN FRONT OF HER BUT AS THE FIRST YEAR PASSES WITHOUT HER PARENTS AND THREE SISTERS ARISSA TRIES TO LEAD A NORMAL TEENAGE LIFE THIS IS THE SPOT OF ONE OF THE WORST DRUNK DRIVING CRASHES IN NEW MEXICO HISTORY ITS WHERE DANA PAPST SLAMMED HIS PICKUP INTO THE MINIVAN CARRYING THE GONZALES- COLLINS-GARCI A FAMILY POLICE SAY PAPST WAS NEARLY FOUR TIMES OVER THE LEGAL LIMIT AT THE TIME 3 00 TODAY THE FAMILY GATHERED TO PLACE A WOODEN CROSS AT THE CRASH SITE A CHAPLAIN BLESSED THE DESCANSO 16 08 in the name of the father the son and the holy spirit 24 31-24 33 my cousin had been working on that for about a year now so I had seen it before but it looks nice there it just like fit I guess AFTERWARDS THE FAMILY WENT TO EAT AT THE CHINA STAR BUFFET IN SANTA FE THE PLACE WHERE THE FAMILY ATE DINNER JUST MINUTES BEFORE THE CRASH AND ARISSA SAYS that s WHAT IS GOING THROUGH HER MIND TODAY HER LAST DAY WITH HER FAMILY 25 39-25 45 just how the day went how the day had went what we had done and stuff ARISSA SAYS WHAT SHE LL MISS MOST IS HER PARENTS GUIDANCE AND HER SISTERS COMPANIONSHIP 29 54-30 06 we were real close we d go everywhere together and watch soccer games like if my mom had work the day of a soccer game she d get out just for the soccer game and then go back to work BUT HER VOICE TURNS COLD WHEN SHE HEARS THE NAME DANA PAPST 26 46-26 50 I really don t think of nothing he s not on my mind my family is ARISSA S EXTENDED FAMILY SAYS THEY WANTED US TO BE BY THEIR SIDE DURING THIS HEART WRENCHING DAY SO THAT OTHERS CAN SEE THE SOBERING PAIN DRUNK DRIVING CAN CAUSE 28 52-29 01 it doesn t seem like a big deal until something happens you so I dont know it is a big deal ARISSA IS NOW 16 AND IS BACK PLAYING ALL HER FAVORITE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS BLUSHING AND GIGGLING SHE EVEN ADMITS SHE HAS A BOYFRIEND IN THE LAST YEAR---THE CRASH HAS HAD A RIPPLE EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE STATE THE STATE REVOKED THE LICENSE OF THE BERNALILLO REDI- MART WHERE PAPST BOUGHT A SIX PACK OF BEER ON HIS WAY UP I-25 TO SANTA FE THE STATE SAYS THE CLERK SHOULD HAVE KNOWN PAPST WAS ALREADY DRUNK THE STORE CLOSED DOWN AND REOPENED WITH NEW OWNERS AND NO LIQUOR LICENSE