Jessica Sadler Death Photo

Jessica Sadler killed when Dan Broughton tried to beat a train. Jessica Sadler told Tammy Sadler, her mom, that she had spent the night at a Dan Broughton’s home without her permission. Tammy Sadler told Jessica she wasn’t in trouble.

But when Jessica asked if she could go to the beach now, Tammy said no, and told her daughter to come home promptly, and if she didn’t, she would then be in “big trouble”.

"She asked me what I was doing. I told her I was watching TV, told her she was going to be in trouble for not being here. She said, 'Can I go to the beach?' I said no," Sadler said Friday, her voice breaking. "She said, 'We'll just grab a bite to eat, then I'll be home,' and I said, 'OK.' She didn't make it."

On a surveillance video released by police, the car never slowed as it approached the crossing about 20 miles west of Detroit. It drove right past a stopped SUV, just before the Amtrak train rushed through around 12:30 p.m.

Near a crash-site memorial consisting of flowers, farewell notes and a photo, 20-year-old Jake Bulmer said Friday that he had ridden a few times with Broughton.

"Not a reckless driver," Bulmer said. "He just didn't think all the time."

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