SNAPCHAT videos have emerged that appear to show young friends drinking in a car shortly before a crash killed three of them and left the forth fighting for her life.
The last moments of the women shows them apparently downing vodka in a Mitsubishi Outlander before it crashed into a telephone pole in Pittsburgh on Tuesday.
Driver Paige Nicole Smith, along with two of her passengers, 17-year-old Heather Camisa and 23-year-old Bianca Herwig, was killed.
Brooke Elizabeth Molnar, 21, was thrown from the vehicle on impact.
She was left fighting for her life internal injuries.
Now cops probing the crash believe alcohol may have been played a part in the crash.
Chilling Snapchat videos taken by one of the victim’s smart phones have since emerged which show the girls having a heavy night out.
Footage shows the group visiting bars and boozing heavily in the hours before the crash.
One clip even shows the women necking vodka while in the car.
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The empty bottle was later recovered from the wrecked car.
Bethel Park Police Chief Tim O'Conner said: “This was a very tragic accident, and it serves as an example of what can happen when you mix alcohol and driving in a vehicle.
“I would speak to our teens and young adults out there, you're not invincible. You may set out to have a good time, and that's your intention, but when you mix alcohol and driving, you could wind up dead.”
Crash investigators are attempting to use the Snapchat videos to find out how much alcohol the women drank.
The crash on Library Road happened just before 1am on Tuesday.
It brought down the power lines after the car split the telephone pole in two.
Molner’s sister Brianne, 27, told the that her sibling was now awake.
She said: “She is fully awake but confused.
“She has no memory of Monday night.”
Brianne said she had been shocked to see the Snapchat videos of the group drinking heavily as this was not usual behaviour.
In July haunting footage emerged of the horrific last minutes of 22-year-old Nikol Barabasova who is shows her giggling as she begins a Facebook Live stream.
The video is still recording during and after the crash.
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