Moving through the intersection. >> Officers on routine patrol noticed a Chevrolet Equinox driving north on Van Dyke near 15-mi road. The SUV's left turn signal was on, but the driver was not changing lanes or doing anything that requires that light to be on. And this caught their attention. A quick check of the plate told them something important. The Equinox wasn't insured. A violation that gave officers cause for a traffic stop. The officers expected the driver to pull over. Instead of stopping, the driver pressed the accelerator. In that split second, a routine stop became a chase. The officer lost the suspect, but somehow found him again at a gas station. The driver zoomed off and the chase ensued again from the station. And every second that followed would push one family closer to tragedy. The equinox surged past 70, then 80, pushing 90 mph down Van Dyke Avenue. At those speeds, running red lights wasn't just reckless. It was a death sentence waiting to be written. Before the flashing lights, there was a love story. In 2020, at the height of the CO 19 pandemic, Faith and her husband said their vows. It wasn't the wedding they had once imagined. Restrictions, small gatherings, uncertainty everywhere. But none of that mattered. What mattered was that they had each other. In the years that followed, their family grew. By 2021, they welcomed a son. Friends and relatives describe them as inseparable, building a life full of laughter, dreams, and the everyday joys that make a family complete. But in October of 2023, that life, [music] that future would be shattered in an instant. Because while this young family was simply driving home, a stolen SUV was racing through the night and heading straight toward them at nearly 90 m an hour. And then impact. The speeding Equinox tore through the red light at 16 Mile and Van Dyke and slammed directly into the GMA's family car moving through the intersection. >> The force of the impact crumpled metal like paper. In an instant, one family's night out turned into a fight for survival. Hold on. Hold on. Back up. Back up. >> Yep. First responders on scene. >> Okay. >> 31. We got at least two unconscious. I don't know what I'm reading for two. I don't have >> someone give me a knife. >> In the seconds after the crash, chaos took over the intersection. Officers didn't hesitate. Training kicked in, but what they found inside that crushed vehicle was a nightmare no first responder ever forgets. In the back seat, trapped in a mangled car seat, was the GMA's 2-year-old son. Officers worked frantically, breaking glass and bending metal, determined to pull the toddler to safety. Just find out how far >> be. You're okay. >> Get on the spot. Get on the spot. Get on the side. >> Hold on. Hold on. If she got If she got lost, >> you're okay, love. >> I got two unconscious. >> Charlie, we got at least two unconscious. I don't know about you. They're coming home. >> Child, one child is breathing. We're going to need two transports. >> You're okay. You're okay. Where's the other one? Where's the other one? >> Are you stupid, man? >> Anyone else in the car? I just killed somebody. Get in there. In that moment, reality seemed to set in. Suspect backseat captured the teenager breaking down in tears and praying. It was as if only now he realized what had happened. >> What's your date of birth? >> 11:06. Are the people okay? >> It doesn't look like it. It doesn't threw him off at the last minute. >> D'Angelo. >> Yes. Yo, please welcome people here for me. Okay, I didn't mean it, bro. I didn't mean it. I didn't mean it at all, bro. Come on. Please, Lord. Please. Please, Lord. with these people videot. [snorts] >> But prosecutors had already made their decision. He would not be treated as a child. The case was far too severe. Smith was formally charged as an adult with multiple felonies. Seconddegree murder, three counts of reckless driving causing serious injury, fleeing and eluding police, and receiving and concealing a stolen vehicle. 18 months after the crash that shattered the GMA family, Travon Smith faced his final reckoning. By now, he was no longer a 17-year-old teen, but a young man standing trial as an adult. Count one homicide second degree. Um, you're I'm going to follow the recommendation by probation. You're to be sentenced to 300 months to 600 months, 53 day9 days served in the Michigan Department of Corrections. >> And in doing so, he ended the life of a young mother while leaving her husband and child forever scarred. Trayvon Smith was sentenced to 27 years in prison, a punishment meant to reflect not only the death of Faith GMA. One choice, one red light. And in less than 10 seconds, a family was destroyed. A community was shaken. And a teenager traded his future for a prison.