VICTOR — Michael Hernandez Parra, 14, will be remembered as a boy who was caring and looked to help his fellow classmates, neighbors, and family. Michael’s mother, Sandra Hernandez, said her son has always been a really good kid. He was the type of person who would be on his four-wheeler in the winter, attached with a plow, finding driveways in the neighborhood to clean out snow.
“I mean, without even neighbors asking him to or even us telling him to, he would go and clean neighbors’ houses and sidewalks,” Sandra said. The teen died in an ATV crash in Teton County on Saturday, June 8. Michael was the oldest in his family.
He had three younger siblings and lived in Victor with his mom and dad, Miguel. Sandra and Miguel were not there at the time of the crash. They were in Idaho Falls.
“We told him we were going to go to Idaho Falls. We asked if he wanted to come. He said no.
He’s like, ‘I’m going to stay home with my grandma...
and I want to be here with the kids.’ So he stayed. He had stayed (too) because it was my nephew’s birthday,” Sandra said.
She added that her mother — Michael’s grandma — had just gotten knee surgery recently and he liked to assist her and spend time with her. They told Michael, while they were gone, not to use the ATV. “We had to talk to him about.
..no using the four-wheeler when there’s more kids.
So he was aware,” Sandra said. “We had talked to him at 3:20 p.m.
My husband had FaceTimed him.” The crash happened n.