McSkillet dead – First picture of mum and daughter, 12, killed in fireball when YouTuber slammed £400k supercar into their SUV in ‘suicide bid’
A total of eight cars were involved in the smash, which left three dead and eight injured
A total of eight cars were involved in the smash, which left three dead and eight injured
THIS is the first picture of an innocent mum and daughter who were killed in a horror head-on crash with a teenage YouTube star during his alleged suicide bid.
Aileen Pizarro, 43, and her daughter Aryana, 12, died when Trevor "McSkillet" Heitmann slammed his £400k supercar into their SUV.
McSkillet's McLaren sports car was reportedly going faster than 100mph in the wrong direction in San Diego just after 4.30pm on Thursday.
He died following the crash and six other cars were also involved, with eight others injured, the California Highway Patrol said.
One of the victims had been thrown from their vehicle.
The 18-year-old online star, who called himself McSkillet, had reportedly been suffering from mental health issues.
, Dominic, and it has already raised more than $24,000 in just 24 hours.
He wrote: "Yesterday, both my mother and sister were taken from our family in an instantaneous car accident in San Diego!
"During this time, me, my grandfather, and brother are trying to come to grasp with our new reality and push forward with our lives.
"This GoFundMe is to help aid my family with funeral costs and any additional expenses related to Aileen and Aryana’s deaths! Thank you for all your support!!"
McSkillet made a fortune selling custom digital "skins" used on weapons in the first-person shooter Counter-Strike.
He had been banned from an online marketplace for allegedly being involved in a skin gambling website called CS:GO Magic.
It is claimed his income suffered and he lost access to hundreds of thousands of dollars after being banned.
Twitter erupted after the news, with some remembering their favourite YouTube star, and others slamming the young man for his actions.
One Twitter user wrote: "100 MPH going the wrong way on the freeway. He's a murderer."
While another said: "Rest in piece McSkillet you really taught me so much about cs (Counter Strike) one of my favorite (sic) games I've ever played."
A woman who witnessed the crash described it to as like a scene from a movie.
She said: "All the cars were stopping. There was smoke. Fire. Loud noise.
"As soon as I look up in front of me, that car over there was flying and tumbling down the freeway."
She said the driver of the second flipped 4x4 crawled out and was carried to the motorway's shoulder.
About half an hour before the fatal crash, a black McLaren drove through a fence at a primary school, reported.
The driver smashed a school window before speeding away.
Eyewitness Alec Galloway said he was almost run down by the car, driven by a male who appeared to be in his teens.
Galloway said: "I was worried he was going to hit the two people standing at the gate. They stood in the middle trying to stop him doing hand motions but he didn't stop at all.
"If they didn't move they would've got run over... he didn't stop his car, he just kept accelerating and the gate busted open when he hit it."
In December McSkillet posted a video on YouTube, where he had almost 900,000 subscribers, showing off his new McLaren.
One fellow trader told that McSkillet was "very private" and would not reveal his real name or other personal details.
The trader said: "He was a super kind guy who knew what he was talking about.
"He genuinely seemed to care for everyone and he was probably one of the nicest all round people I’ve ever met."
McSkillet's YouTube and activity came to an abrupt halt in February.