Four children and along with their parents killed in a wrong-way crash.
A headline too simple for a tragedy too large.
It was July 31, 2022.
A date that should have passed like any other midsummer Sunday.
But instead, it has become a wound — raw, permanent, impossible to comprehend — for everyone who knew the Dobosz family, and even for those who learned about them only through the aftermath of the unimaginable.
Thomas Dobosz, 32.
Lauren Dobosz, 31.
And their four children — Emma, 13; Lucas, 7; Nicholas, 6; and little Ella, just 5 years old.
They were headed westbound, beginning what relatives said was a family vacation.
A hopeful drive.
A drive full of snacks, music, and small voices asking how much longer until they arrived.
A drive that should have ended with memories made on beaches or campgrounds or hotel pools.
But miles ahead of them, the night was twisting toward disaster.
A gray 2010 Acura TSX.
Traveling eastbound.
A wrong-way vehicle — one of the most feared and most unpredictable dangers on any highway — and no one knew why it was there or how long it had been traveling in the wrong direction.
The Acura closed the distance fast.
Too fast.
And then, without warning and without mercy, it struck the family’s Chevrolet head-on.
The impact was catastrophic.
It was violent.
It was instant.
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