By Gary Meyer and Patric Hedlund, TME

Pine Mountain community resident Nadine Linley Mae Kennedy—known to friends by her maiden name, Nadine Sonni—died Thursday morning, October 11, when her car veered off Mil Potrero Highway and hit a tree. She was not wearing a seat belt.

Kennedy, 30, leaves behind her four-year-old son, Merrick, and many friends and family. Those friends have been pouring money into a GoFundMe account to help pay for funeral expenses and to build a fund for Merrick. Donations can be made at www.GoFundMe.com in the name of Nadine Sonni.

The Accident

John Dalmau, a six-year Pine Mountain Club resident, said he was returning from a…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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A white Kia driven by Nadine Kennedy veered 30 feet off Mil Potrero Highway in Pine Mountain Club. It crashed into a tree, then bounced into a willow thicket near Lampkin Park.

Nadine Sonni Kennedy

Nadine Sonni Kennedy with her four-year-old son, Merrick.

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