2 worlds collide in horrific crash

She was not injured in the accident. She was charged with three counts of vehicular manslaughter and is in jail on $1 million bond, reduced this past week from $3 million. She has pleaded not guilty. She hasn't been charged with racing because authorities lack evidence; they've not tracked down the driver of the Escalade, though they have interviewed a passenger in Delgado's car.

Her attorney, Randy Moore, said Edith was not racing and he isn't even sure if she was speeding. She faces up to eight years in prison.

Her family is unable to pay her bond. They spend many nights talking and wondering how this all happened. Her mother stares at the ground and hardly speaks. Her brother, Juan, breaks down and grabs his father for support when he talks about his little sister.

"I think this girl led a pretty sweet, loving life," Moore said. "I think all of them (family) had hopes and aspirations tied around that baby girl."

Tonga, meanwhile, is in mourning. Thousands attended the funeral of the prince and princess.

Some fear that with the death of the prince, the democracy movement will lose momentum. Who will take his place as a bridge between the royal family and the people?

But others think the tragedy will hasten reform.

"His death really brought to the limelight this idea," said Pesi Fonua, publisher and editor of Matangi Tonga Online. "And now people are really talking about it, trying to understand better what he was trying to do.

"His death really did a lot of good for what he wanted to happen."

At the funeral, something happened that the prince had wanted for a long time. There, amid so much sorrow and so many questions, supporters of the pro-democracy movement and members of the royal family came together — to talk.

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Angie Wagner is the AP's Western regional writer, based in Las Vegas.