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Family, friends of Hannah Thorne place memorial at crash site

The family and friends of Hannah Thorne who was killed July 7, 2016 when the car she was in was hit by an alleged streer racer have unveiled a memorial in the 18-year-old's honour.

Two men have been charged with street racing causing death of the 18-year-old

Hannah Thorne's father, Levi Thorne, at the newly unveiled memorial for his daughter. (Jeremy Eaton/CBC)

The family and friends of Hannah Thornehave unveiled a memorial at the crash site where the teenager was killed last July.

"We really want to show people there's a real human cost to negligent driving," Dwayne Legge, relative and member of theSTAND for Hannah Foundation, told CBC's St. John's Morning Show.

Flowers and messages mark the site where Thorne was killed in 2016. (Jeremy Eaton/CBC)

"[We're] hoping that when [people]see it they will take that moment to realize that their actions can have big consequences and those consequences affect a number of people."

The memorial along Route 73was unveiled Fridayevening, one year after Thorne'sdeath, with a moment of silence at5:28 p.m. the determined time of the accident.

"We're very fortunate that on the New Harbour barrens, where the crash site was, there's actually cabin owners there that own a piece of property, and they've been very generous and allowed us to put that memorial there," Legge said.

Hannah Thorne was 18 when she was killed. (Facebook)

Thornewas killed July 7, 2016 when the car she was in was hit by another vehicle. Two men have been charged with street racing causing death of the 18-year-old and have pleaded not guilty.

Thorne's grandmother was alsoin the carand receivedserious injuries.

With files from the St. John's Morning Show