CLINTON, WASHINGTON: A Washington father was killed and his two young daughters were hurt after their car crashed down an embankment on Whidbey Island this past week.

Corey Simmons, 47, was traveling with his four-year-old twin daughters when their vehicle careened off the road, plummetted down an embankment, and crashed into trees on the 5700 block of Bob Galbreath Road just before 6 pm on Friday, December 6, according to King5.

While Simmons was killed, the two young girls somehow managed to free themselves from their car seats and the wreck, climbed around 200 feet up the embankment, and managed to get help from a passerby, who alerted 911 to the accident.

The four-year-olds were transported to Whidbey Health and were found to have suffered minor injuries. Their mother, Esther Crider, said they had been traumatized by the crash.

Simmons' stepdaughter, Rebecah Crider, revealed to King5 that the family had searched for the good samaritan who helped her sisters after the crash, but that they had not yet found out their identity.

"We are so incredibly thankful, and we are desperately looking for who she is," she said. "We would love to personally meet her and thank her."

A Washington State trooper confirmed they had made contact with the good samaritan, a woman, but that she did not want her name published anywhere.

A GoFundMe page set up to raise donations to cover the cost of Simmons' funeral and burial/cremation services, and to help with other additional costs for the children and their mother has raised over $6,000 of a possible $18,000 goal at the time of writing.

While troopers have revealed that Simmons had not been wearing his seat belt at the time, the authorities are currently investigating the cause of the accident.

"We simply don’t know," said Trooper Heather Axtman when asked about why the car flew off the road.

"It’s one of the truly saddest stories, but so heroic at the exact same time. Had those little girls not had the sense of awareness they showed, we would have a missing family," she added. "They overcame every typical little kid fear. The woods, and the dark."

If you have a news scoop or an interesting story for us, please reach out at (323) 421-7514