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WEBVTT AND HE TRIED TO AVOID HER. >> IF I DID NOT HAVE MY FAITH, THERE IS NO WAY I WOULD BE STANDING HERE TALKING TO YOU TODAY. TODD: RACHEL SAYS IT HAS BEEN THE TOUGHEST MONTH OF HER LIFE. HER EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SON WHO WAS ALSO IN THE CAR SURVIVED. >> HE WAS HANGING UPSIDE DOWN. HE SAID HE COULD NOT GET TO HIS BUCKLE. HE SAID MOM, I JUST SNUCK OUT. HE SLID OUT AND TRIED TO WAKE UP GRANT. HE JUST DECIDED TO CRAWL OUT THE WINDOW. TODD: GRANT WAS DRIVING HOME FROM CHURCH WITH HIS SON WHEN THE CRASH HAPPENED HERE ON GRANT AVENUE. TESSA MULLEN WAS TURNING WEST ONTO GRAND WHEN SHE CUT HIM OFF. HE TRIED TO AVOID HER CAR AND ENDED UP DRIVING THROUGH THE FENCE, AND FLIPPING OVER INTO THE PARKING LOT TO STORIES BELOW. THE CRASH KILLED HIM AND TRAPPED HIS SON. >> AMIDST THAT TRAGEDY IS A BEAUTIFUL STORY THAT ZEKE WALKED OUT. TODD: POLICE SAY THAT TESSA MULLEN IS CHARGED WITH RECKLESS DRIVING. >> ANY OF US THAT DRIVE KNOW THAT IT’S SOMETHING POINT WE WILL PULL OUT IN FRONT OF SOMEONE. IT IS AVOIDABLE. TODD: RACHEL SAYS HER HUSBAND WAS AN UNFORGETTABLE MAN OF FAITH WHO LOVED HIS KIDS AND LOVED TO MAKE OTHERS LAUGH. NOW, HIS FAMILY WILL REMEMBER HIM IN A HOLE OTHER WAY. >> I KNOW HE’S WORKED TO AVO

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The Des Moines Police Department filed charges Thursday against a driver in a deadly crash on Jan 27.Grant Stokka, 32, died after his car dropped two stories in a crash on Grand Avenue.Police said 26-year-old Tessa Mullen pulled out in front of Stokka. As Stokka tried to avoid hitting Mullen, his vehicle flew over a fence and landed in the parking lot below.Des Moines police Sgt. Paul Parizek said Mullen is charged with failure to yield and reckless driving resulting in death."Any of us who drive know at one point or another that we have pulled out in front of someone," Parizek said. "It happens, it's avoidable and in this case, unfortunately, it caused the death of someone, and that is what takes it up a notch."Stokka's wife, Rachael, said her 8-year-old son is lucky to have survived the crash."He was hanging upside down and said he couldn't get to his seat belt, and he said, 'Mom, I just snuck out,'" Rachel Stokka said. "So, he slid out and he tried waking Grant up by kicking him, and he couldn't, so he just decided to crawl out the window."Stokka said her husband was an unforgettable man of faith who loved his kids and loved to make others laugh. Following the accident, she said she hopes that her family will remember him in a whole new way."I know Grant swerved to avoid hitting that car," she said. "He died a hero, and I hope my kids will know that and won't forget that."Mullen's charges in the crash are serious misdemeanors. KCCI contacted her attorney for comment but did not hear back.