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A week before the wreck, David helped paint his 2-year-old cousin's fingernails. He often played with his young cousins, said his father, David Dudley Sr. He started his own vinyl record collection in elementary school. The morning of the crash, the friends all woke up early to go search for a place to watch the sunrise, Barlow said.ĭavid loved camping, music and children. But because David had to work he and Alena met up with the group at the campground the night before the wreck, said David's mother, Patricia Barlow. The other occupants did not immediately receive medical treatment.ĭavid's friends were going camping for the weekend ? David's birthday weekend. The driver of the vehicle was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he remained as of Thursday. They were found next to one another, holding on to each other until the end, which is one of the few sources of comfort, Dudley's family said.

They were two of five friends riding in the back of a pickup that ran off the road and struck a tree head-on around 7:30 a.m.Įveryone riding in the bed was thrown out in different directions, except David and Alena. On Sunday morning, David, 19, and Alena, 18, died together in a car wreck on a Forest Service Road 18 miles northwest of Shelton in the Olympic National Park.

The young couple met while attending Bremerton High, and wherever one went, the other was close behind, Dudley's family said. and Alena Pepi had been dating for two years and were inseparable, even in the car wreck that killed them.