The twin sister of the 19-year-old woman who tragically lost her life in a moped accident on the Cross Island Parkway revealed that her sister lived life to the fullest and embraced every moment as if it were her last.
Giselle Flores, the tragic victim, had a simple plan for Saturday – to catch a ride home and later reunite with her twin, Sharick Flores, to spend the weekend together. However, fate had a different path in store for her, as she never reached her destination.
Tragically, she lost her life on the Queens highway when the 15-year-old boy she was riding with lost control of the two-wheeler.
Giselle made a phone call to her sister in the hour before the crash while she was out with a friend of the twins.
Sharick recounted the conversation with his friend, expressing his concern about her still being out late. He shared that she assured him not to worry, as she had arranged for some friends to pick her up and would be going home. She even mentioned that she would see him at 5 in the morning. However, to his dismay, she never made it home.
“When the motorcycles arrived to pick her up, she turned to my best friend and said, ‘You know what, hop on. Let’s go for a ride. We’ve only got one life to live.'”
Giselle, who resided in Queens, and her friend hopped onto separate mopeds. Giselle decided to ride with a teenager named Andy Rodriguez, whom she had only met that evening, according to her sister.
According to the friend, Sharick was told that Rodriguez lost control of the vehicle around 2 a.m. and collided with another car, causing them to ricochet into a highway wall near 150th Street.
The friend’s companion left her by the roadside so that they could pick up Rodriguez and quickly take him to the hospital. Sadly, he was declared dead upon arrival.
In the midst of the chaos, Sharick’s friend frantically reached out to him as Giselle remained motionless.
“She was motionless, not even a breath escaping her lips. Blood stained her body, leaving me in a state of panic. I frantically exclaimed, ‘Bro, call 911!’ However, to my surprise, they had already made the call,” Sharick recounted. “I rushed to the emergency room, desperate to see her, only to be met with the devastating news that my sister had passed away.”
“I saw my best friend covered in my sister’s blood, with it smeared on her legs and shoes. She came to me and said, ‘I tried to wake her up, but she didn’t respond.'”
According to Sharick, their mother is incredibly devastated, as the family is currently raising funds to cover the expenses of the funeral.
Sharick referred to her sister as “more than just my best friend.” They both had aspirations of attending college together once Giselle completed high school in November.
Sharick expressed the profound impact his sister had on his life, stating, “She was my everything. My sister and I have shared numerous experiences and challenges together.” He emphasized their strong bond, explaining, “We have a similar mindset and think alike. In fact, we both aspired to pursue a career in medicine by attending college. She aimed to become a nurse, while I aspired to be an ultrasound technician.”
According to Sharick, her sister had always been aware that this situation would arise because she had the mindset of ‘You only live once.’
Sharick, who resides upstate, had plans to drive to Queens in order to collect her sister and escort her back to their hometown. The intention behind this journey was to enable the siblings to spend an entire weekend together.
Sharick recalled how the woman confidently declared, “You know what? We’re going to go on jet skis, we’re going shopping, we’re going to do this and that.”
“I reassured her, saying, ‘Take it easy, my dear,’ but she insisted, ‘No, darling, we must do all of this because who knows if tomorrow will be our last day?’ She always had the mindset of living in the present, fearing the possibility of death. We must seize the day.'”
The authorities are currently conducting an ongoing investigation into the tragic crash, and as of now, no arrests have been made.
