AUSTELL, Ga. -- cbsatlanta.com reported. Shameyka Welch's family is heartbroken and outraged. She is a mother of two, a sister to seven younger siblings and the victim of a DUI.
Shameyka, her boyfriend and their two children were hit driving home on I-20 early Saturday morning. They were in their Ford Taurus and coming at them was a Toyota Camry. The driver was drunk and driving the wrong way. The Camry was driving West in the Eastbound lanes. The cars collided around Langhorn Street.
Edrika Ford was at a family gathering with her sister the night before.
"We had a good time. That was the last time I seen here by the time we get home five minutes later we received a phone call," said Ford.
Police arrested Robert Ayiteyfio for DUI. They said he acted intoxicated. When they tried questioning him, he even tried to run.
Sameyka's close friend Sydnee Fraisar said, "For him to not care that he killed someone, it's really upsetting."
Ayiteyfio is being held without bond. He faces several charges: homicide by a vehicle, hit and run, driving under the influence and driving the wrong way.
Shameyka was 24-years-old. Her girls are 2 and 10 months. The girls are at Egleston Children's Hospital. Their father, Josh Johnson, is at Grady. They have undergone surgeries for different injuries and the family says they should all physically be OK.
"They won't have no memory of her they won't have no memory of her it's real sad," said Fraisar.
"She wouldn't hurt nobody she didn't deserve this. She didn't deserve this," said Ford.
Her extended family has nothing to say right now to the man accused of DUI. They want him to remember her face.
While Atlanta police were investigating the DUI crash, one of their officers was hit. An officer was sitting in her car when a truck hit the car. She was taken to Grady and is expected to be o.k. The driver of the truck faces DUI charges in the crash.
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