‘We just can’t wait to see her eyes’ Arkansas prom night car wreck victim’s sister praying for quick recovery

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.- On Saturday, April 18, six teenagers were in a high-speed car accident, sending all of them to the hospital with critical injuries. 18-year-old Molly Bazzett was a passenger in the car when it went off the highway and is now in a medically induced coma due to her injuries. Molly's sister, Madison, describes her as the color in all of her family's lives. "Ever since she was born, she's just been a ray of sunshine. She's always been this colorful, quirky girl. She is so social, she is never afraid to throw herself out there. She's so full of love,  she's never been mean to anyone. She's always just wanting everyone to smile, she's very much a peacekeeper," said Madison.  Madison lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She said when she received a call in the middle of the night that her sister was being air-flighted to Arkansas Children's Hospital, she did what any good sister would do. She got in her car and started the 800-mile drive to be by her side.  "I woke up to my wife, Hannah, telling me that she was on the phone with my brother and that I needed to call him and that my sister had been in an accident. It's been a lot of around-the-clock just sitting next to her, holding her hand, talking to her. Because wherever she is, she's in there, she can hear what we're saying, and she knows that we're here for her," said Madison. Molly is a senior student at Lake Hamilton High School, and an aspiring cosmetologist. Madison said she's chosen that career path because she likes making people smile and feel like the best version of themselves.  "Her goal is to be a cosmetologist, so she really is into making people look pretty and helping them feel like their real selves and helping people love themselves," said Madison. In the difficult days that have followed the car accident, Madison said the community and Molly's friends have wrapped her in loving arms and sent cards, flowers, and gifts to her hospital room.  "All of her friends have been showing up. It was prom night the night that everything happened, so they've been bringing prom pictures of her. She lost a few things in the accident, so they've been replacing things that she lost. The support we've seen through that has been absolutely insane. She's going to wake up and she is going to know that everyone has rallied for her and that she is so loved and that she's brought so many people together," said Madison.  Madison said that Molly's recovery has been going better than expected, but she's still anxiously awaiting the day she see's her little sisters eyes once again.  "She's progressing a lot better than anyone on her team thought she would. I will say, that she's still on a ventilator but she's breathing on her own so that's a really big win that I feel comfortable sharing. We're just praying and hoping that she continues to progress the way she is and that when she comes out of this that the road is as easy as possible for her," said Madison. "We just can't wait for her to open those eyes and see everything everyone's been sending up for her and read all of her cards, and we just can't wait to see her eyes." Madison shared a message to young people who will be celebrating big events as the school year comes to an end.  "Whatever you're doing, be safe. Make sure the people around you care just as much for your safety as they do their own, that they're not going to do anything to put you in danger. Make smart decisions, it's okay to have fun, it's okay to do things, just make sure you get home afterwards and the people around you want you to get home," said Madison. The Bazzett family has set up a GoFundMe page to help cover Molly's medical and rehab costs and support the family as they put work on hold to be by her side.