Barker met the Robinsons for the first time last weekend, according to the TV station.

“Them leaving straight from the wedding, it was about six hours into their journey in Georgia when they got into the crash,” Barker told WAVY. “I still don’t know how to feel about this. It’s not one person, it was the whole family.”

Barker said the memorials and well wishes show how much people loved the Robinsons.

Portsmouth residents mourned the family last Sunday, when friends and neighbors held a vigil at their home.

The Robinsons reportedly were returning from the wedding, neighbors told WAVY. When the children in the neighborhood realized the family never was coming home, they wanted to honor the Robinsons with a vigil, the TV station reported.

Georgia State police confirm the family of five killed in a crash on I-95 this morning are from @cityofPortsVA. Their names are Nathan, Sara, Stephen,Rebecca, and Alex Robinson. Ages ranging from 41 to 4/5. Details on a vigil at their home tonight on @WAVY_News pic.twitter.com/taDEg5NROF — Tamara Scott (@TamaraScottWAVY) February 24, 2020

Children decided to bring candles, Teddy bears and other objects to the family’s home, according to WAVY.

While the neighborhood children are sad, they wanted everyone to know the Robinsons were like their own family.

“Becca and Miss Sara were always so sweet to us and so loving and so welcoming, so we decided to do something and loving for them,” Tomya McCall told the TV station.

“I was really close with them. I’ve known them for almost six years, and I was really close with Becca. And it’s almost our six-year anniversary. I just miss them so much,” Madison Cox told WAVY on Sunday night.

First responders from the Midway Fire Department survey the scene of a fatal accident on Interstate 95. Credit: Lewis Levine Credit: Lewis Levine

Officers received reports of a white Lexus traveling southbound in a northbound lane of I-95, Liberty County sheriff’s deputy Lt. Jason Colvin said.

Deputies were headed there when the crash was reported in the Midway area, he said.

Deputies arrived to find a head-on collision between the Lexus and an SUV with no survivors, WSAV-TV reported.

#BREAKING: 6 people are dead, 3 of those children after a head-on collision on I-95. It happened around 2 a.m. at Exit 76 in Midway. Liberty Co. Deputies say a car was traveling south in the NB lane, striking the vehicle with 2 adults & 3 kids. The interstate is back open. pic.twitter.com/SMzTwnK2eM — WSAV News 3 (@WSAV) February 23, 2020

The driver of the 2017 Lexus RX350, which had Florida license plates, was killed, Georgia State Patrol trooper Markus White said.

Long, the 77-year-old man, was traveling alone, according to the GSP.

Wreckage from the scene of the fatal accident, which claimed the lives of six, is scattered on Interstate 95 near Savannah on Sunday morning. Credit: Lewis Levine Credit: Lewis Levine

Midway is about 25 miles southwest of Savannah.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.