He said she was a bright young woman with big aspirations for her life. Smith served in his churchвЂ™s youth ministry and in annual dramatic performances for Easter and other holidays, Green said. Jhontre Green, pastor ofВ First Pilgrim Calvary Baptist ChurchВ inВ Geismar, said SmithвЂ™s family was part of his congregation. Hamilton didnвЂ™t go toВ AscensionВ public schools and it wasnвЂ™t immediately clear on Monday where she went to school.ДЄttempts to reach the families of both girls were unsuccessful Monday. Smith was a student atВ Dutchtown High SchoolВ and would have been a senior in the fall,В AscensionВ public schools officials said. The Impala went off the right side of Perkins, across a gravel drive, over a shallow ditch, up an embankment and over the top edge through a short distance of grass into the cloudy, bluish pond. An athletic bag and flip-flops still floated in the water, while collections of spent plastic water bottles were in spots along the pondвЂ™s bank. On Monday, tire ruts, a shattered light fixture and damaged bushes and tree marked the path the car took.

The pond edge is actually at a higher elevation thanВ Perkins Road, also known as La. The private pond is located along the east side ofВ Perkins RoadВ on a large vacant lot along the southern bank of Bayou Manchac inВ Ascension, just over theВ East Baton Rouge ParishВ line. вЂњItвЂ™s very deep, very murky waters,вЂќ said FirefighterВ Meg Kling, spokeswoman for the St. GeorgeВ firefighters tried in vain for 30 minutes to go under water, find the car and save theВ PrairievilleВ teens,В Caroline SmithВ andВ Chloe Hamilton, but were unable to reach or even see the car at the bottom. But the depth and cloudiness of the water so hampered first responders that the girls, both 16, couldnвЂ™t be pulled to the surface for more than a half hour after SundayвЂ™s fatal crash, authorities said Monday.ДЇirefighters arrived within five minutes of the first 911 call atВ 11:52 a.m., but even then, the only signs of the location of the already submerged Chevrolet Impala were witnesses who saw the car go under and the bubbles at the surface of the 15- to 20-foot-deep pond, a fire department spokeswoman said.ДЄs other agencies scrambled to respond, sixВ St.

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