What Happened to Tyra Jones After the Crash?

After the crash, Tyra Jones was devastated. She quit the cheer team and her grades began to drop. The death of her Beloved Isiah sent her into a deep depression and her mental health began to deteriorate. She later dropped out of San Marcos high School and turned to the streets trying to find the love that she desperately yearned for. Her cheer mates desperately tried to change her ways. They tried to convince her to re-enroll in school and come back to the cheer team for her senior year. Unfortunately, it was too late; the crash has changed Tyra’s life forever.

How do you cope with the death of someone you care about? Tyra Jones, the girlfriend of slain Isiah Hennie, 17, has to do just that. After surviving the drunk driving accident that killed five, Tyra Jones grew to be severely depressed because of the guilt that she had for being the only one to survive with no major injuries. She now goes to therapy to control her depression, PTSD, and guilt. Tyra was never tried for underage drinking and was seen as a victim. Her two year relationship with Isiah ended abruptly the day of the accident and the rest of her high school experiences will now be plagued with emptiness. Tyra will never get to experience a complete happiness the rest of her high school years and she hopes that future peers will learn from this incident, refuse to drink and drive and influence others to do the same.

What Happened to Christina After the Crash?

After being released from the hospital, Christina’s life is going to be drastically changed. She will need to attend months of rehab to adjust to her new life and see various doctors. She will need to find a regular doctor, a neurology nurse, a psychologist, a physical and occupational therapist, social worker, and a speech pathologist.  So far no surgery can fix paralysis but in the future there is hope for cures to paralysis.

       Christina, a long time softball player, was an outstanding, noteworthy, key player on her high school team. Her talent and skill in softball earned her a full ride scholarship to Syracuse University in New York. She would be playing on the softball team at the college level, a dream come true. However, being in a drunk driving accident, her high school team and future college career were both greatly affected. Being heavily injured, Christiana would not be able to play softball her senior year, causing her to let down her team, friends, coaches, and family. Her serious injuries and involvement in the accident would also void her ability to play softball at Syracuse University. Her dream to play softball at the college level was unfortunately shattered.

What Happened to Isiah Hennie After the Crash?

After the death of Isiah Hennie, the Hennie family was struck with too much devastation. Nothing could ever make up for this unspeakable tragedy. All of his family was looking forward to watching him succeed as San Marcos High’s star wide receiver, walking him through the tunnel on senior night, and sending him off to college for football the following fall. Now that all of this would never happen, they dwell on the many memories they cherished with Isiah during his sixteen-year existence. 

Isiah Hennie, a junior at San Marcos High school, was recently killed in a drunk driving incident by Andrew Baird at the age of 16. In high school, Isiah was able to maintain a 3.8 GPA and according to most of his teachers was a pleasure to have in class. Isiah’s classmates always enjoyed his presence and he was able to make anyone laugh at any given time.  No one considered him an enemy and he was loved by every administrator because of his big heart and his outmost devotion to his school. Isiah was always in the front row of every sporting event that he was not participating in showing his school pride and supporting all teams whether it is a male or female sport.

​Clearly, Isiah was a focused scholar and succeeded in school, but also kept a steady balance with his sports as he was one of the top receivers on the Varsity football team. Isiah, being a starter since his sophomore year, had received many awards for his hard work including a Play of the Week achievement from KUSI Prep Pigskin Report and 2nd Team All- League both his Sophomore and Junior Year. Isiah receiving many offers from SDSU, Boise State, Cal Berkeley, Utah, and University of Ohio he was destined to play D1 football and eventually go to the League. However, all Isiah’s hopes and dreams of playing football later in his life was thrown away and crushed due to the one decision of Andrew Baird driving drunk that night.

What Hapened to Andrew Baird After the Crash?

After the drunk driving accident involving Andrew Baird, leaving four dead and one paralyzed, Andrew Baird pretty much threw all of his life goals away. His senior year holding a consistent GPA of 4.33 and an accumulative GPA of 3.8, he managed to get an academic scholarship to the School of Westminister College in Utah. Andrew being quite the scholar was always involved in school work activities and always spent his extra time playing high school sports. Never acquiring the reputation of a “bad kid”, Andrew was never suspended or in trouble with the law. He was actually quite the people pleaser, Andrew used his kindness and comedy to brighten peoples’ days and bring joy to anyone who seemed like their day was going a little rough.  However, this reputation was lost due to the fact of him deciding to drive his car intoxicated.

​Not only was Andrew studious, he was also an Academic athlete. Playing lacrosse all four years of high school, he managed to work his way up to be one of the captains of the team. Andrew used his leadership skills to help carry the team on to becoming the league champs. With this Andrew got many college opportunities for sports and soon added on to his academic scholarship at Westminister by earning an athletic scholarship also. Due to both these scholarships Andrew almost got a free ride to college that made him and his family more than proud. Consequently, the accident left many devastated including his team, family, the victims families, and the one who felt the most pain, himself. After being given his sentence of ten year in the State prison, Andrew lost the opportunities and life goals he once worked so hard for and changed his life in a vigorously way that left him scarred forever.

After receiving his 10 year sentence for the killing of four kids and leaving one paralyzed, Andrew Baird was quickly sent to the San Diego correctional facility. At the hearing, Andrew was very sympathetic and pleaded with all his heart to the judge to give him the minimal sentence. However, considering the emotional damage that Andrew did to multiple families and kids the judge did not find it enough to overlook his decisions that he made that night, thus giving Andrew the maximum sentence of 10 years. Andrew Baird left the Court House devastated knowing that all his hard work in school and sports was thrown away due to one decision. The situation that Andrew was suddenly thrown into left his parents, Carine Baird and Tom Baird, in complete, utter devastation. Andrew’s parents viewed him as the class-clown of his senior class, but also knew he was a studious kid who was always on task at school reflected by his academic scholarship he received to Westminster in Utah.  Although his parents were very mournful for Andrew’s sentencing, they were very respectable towards the families of the victims and apologetic on behalf of Andrew. Now that Andrew Baird was put in jail for the next 10 years of his life, his parents and schoolmates would have to adjust their lives to a life without him.

Arrest and Sentencing

It was a tragic evening for the city of San Marcos and several students of San Marcos High School. Andrew Baird, 17, a senior at the local high school was arrested at the scene of a drunk driving incident for his impairment that led to the death of five students between the ages of 16-18, and paralyzing another fellow senior. Baird was coming home from a party where alcohol was severed and recklessly drove while impaired; his blood alcohol level being well over the legal limit of what would be for someone of twenty-one years of age and over, colliding with a car carrying teens from the same school killing the three in Mackenzie Kirkwood’s car. Only Isiah Hennie, 17, was killed in Baird’s car while paralyzing Christina Clermont, 18.

The Encinitas Police Department were the arresting officers in the case, delivering Baird his Miranda rights as both the Encinitas and San Marcos Fire Department rushed to the scene. Baird was first given a breathalyzer test at the scene as well as at the Encinitas Police Station.  He was also fingerprinted and given a blue jumpsuit to inform other officers of his being underage which he changed into at the sheriff station.



Later at Baird's sentencing Thomas Sarjeant spoke on behalf of the Clairemont family after him speaking, Mrs. Hennie spoke on behalf of her son’s death she told the court how much of a tragedy it was because now the biggest thing in her life was missing. Andrew Baird was sentenced ten years in jail without parole. The Jury found Andrew guilty of 4 counts of involuntary vehicular man slaughter and the paralyzing of Christina Clairemont a former high school softball star. He was also charged with reckless endangerment and driving under the influence of alcohol 3 times above the legal limit. The families of the students lost wanted Andrew to pay for the price of the loss of their beautiful children that they will never be able to bring back. Mrs. Hennie cried, “You may one day come out of jail and go back to living your life, but my child will never be able to or live his dream as becoming a professional football player”. Andrew also gave his heart felt speech to the families of the court room and the Judge.

Facts About being in Custody

When first admitted to jail, you are presented to the watch commander and asked if 1) you were sick, ill or injured, and 2) if you knew why you were in custody. Then you are taken into either a holding area, or handcuffed to a "booking bench" to wait your turn to be booked into jail. While you are waiting, the arresting officer will check to see if you have any outstanding warrants, prior arrests, or if you are on probation or parole. At that time, you may or may not be interviewed by detectives, depending on what you were arrested for. After, you are booked, and fingerprinted. You are advised by the booking officer of the charges against you. Your personal items are inventoried and held until you are released. You are given a blanket, and taken to a cell. In the cell there is a pay phone, which is where most people make their one phone call and you can make more than one depending on who else is using the phone in the cell. Phone calls are privileges not rights. 99% of people that enter a facility are cooperative are given phone calls, but if you are being combative or causing a disturbance, the phone call privileges can be taken away until you calm down. In some cases we will make a call to let somebody know you’re in jail, and not give the person access to a phone because of the way they are conducting themselves.

Facts Ablout Teens Drinking and Driving

Over 1.41 million drivers were arrested in 2010 for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics.

Almost half of all drivers who were killed in crashes and tested positive for drugs also had alcohol in their system Impairment is not determined by the type of drink, but rather by the amount of alcohol ingested over a specific period of time In 2010, 211 children were killed in drunk driving crashes. Out of those 211 deaths, 131 (62 percent) were riding with the drunk driver. Kids who start drinking young are seven times more likely to be in an alcohol-related crash. Car crashes are the leading cause of death for teens, and about one-third of those are alcohol related Teen alcohol use kills about 6000 people each year, more than all illegal drugs combined One in five teens binge drink. Only 1 in 100 parents believes his or her teen binge drinks Almost every 90 seconds, a person is injured in a drunk driving crash.

  Teenage car accidents are the leading cause of teen death, totaling to almost 5,000 fatalities last year. One reason for this is simply immaturity, as for at that young age many teens drive recklessly, race others, and drive beyond the speed limit in order to simply catch that green light. Another cause is inexperience, as in a teen’s first 500 miles on the road they are 10 times more likely to get in a crash than the average adult. Nearly 1/3 of teen car accidents are caused by speeding and ¼ are caused by teen drinking. Just as teenagers lack experience in driving, they also lack experience in knowing how alcohol will affect their driving, causing very dangerous conditions on the road. Distractions are also a main cause in crashes, whether it’s using their cell phone, the radio, or even eating. Around 56% of teen drivers admit to texting while driving. It is also proven that as the number of passengers in the car increase, the likelihood of a fatal crash also increases. This is caused by the young drivers being agitated by loud or irritating passengers, turning to talk to people in the backseat, and also their friends encouraging risky driving. Teenage car accidents are clearly a huge problem, but knowing the causes is the first step to safe driving.