A woman has shared a photo capturing her granddaughter Scarlett Jensen’s final moments, taken just minutes before the 3-year-old was tragically killed in a hit-and-run.
On October 7, 2022, Scarlett and her 2-year-old brother, Henry, were in the care of their grandmother while their parents attended a wedding. While walking on their private driveway in Oldtown, Idaho, a speeding Chevy Tahoe struck all three. Scarlett died instantly, while Henry and their grandmother were critically injured.
“The driver didn’t stop. My mom was waving and trying to save them,” said Scarlett’s mother, Samantha Jensen. The suspect fled on foot but was later caught and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Henry suffered multiple severe injuries and spent a week in the PICU, while the grandmother recovered after hospitalization. Amid their grief, the family found a photo on the grandmother’s recovered phone—taken just five minutes before Scarlett’s death.
“She had just gotten out of her stroller to pick flowers,” Samantha said. “It’s the last photo of her alive.”
Two years later, the family continues to heal. “Some days I feel like I’m drowning,” Samantha admitted, “but my faith has carried me.” What was once too painful to look at has become a treasured memory.
“I’m so thankful for that photo. It captures her peace, her joy. I will always picture her that way—with flowers, with love, with Meemaw.”