Auto shop repairs car of teen who died at Frankie’s Fun Park
STORY WE FIRST BROUGHT YOU FIVE MONTHS AGO. YOU MAY RECALL 17 YEAR OLD CAMILLE SAVION SEWELL WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT AT FRANKIE’S FUN PARK, WHERE HE WAS AN EMPLOYEE. HIS MOTHER SAYS BEFORE HE DIED, HE BOUGHT A CAR SO HE COULD GET TO AND FROM WORK. BUT WHEN THAT CAR BEGAN LEAKING, AN UPSTATE AUTO SHOP STEPPED UP TO HELP HIS MOTHER GET IT BACK ON THE ROAD. OUR REY LLERENA HAS THE STORY. ALL NEW AT SIX. THIS RED INFINITI G35 IS THE CAR CAMILLE SAVION SEWELL NEVER GOT TO DRIVE. THE 17 YEAR OLD DIED LAST DECEMBER IN A GO KART ACCIDENT AT FRANKIE’S FUN PARK. THE DAY ON THE THE ACCIDENT, I WAS AT THE DMV GETTING HIS LICENSE PLATE. I HAD ALREADY WENT AND GOT THE TAG AND STUFF THE TAXES PAID ON IT, SO I WAS GETTING HIS TAG. HIS MOTHER, DEIDRE SEWELL, SAYS HE SPENT ABOUT $5,000 IN CASH FOR IT. BUT RECENTLY THAT CAR BROKE DOWN. I FORGOT WHERE I WAS GOING THAT DAY AND IT WAS JERKING REAL BAD. SO I WAS LIKE, NO, LET ME JUST GO AHEAD AND PARK IT. AND THEN MY BROTHER CAME OVER AND HE DROVE. HE WAS LIKE, YEAH, IT’S A TRANSMISSION. SO WE JUST KEPT IT PARK AND I DIDN’T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT TO GET IT FIXED BECAUSE I WAS OUT OF WORK. AFTER CALLING MISTER TRANSMISSION ON SOUTH PLEASANTBURG DRIVE IN GREENVILLE, WHO KNEW WHAT HAPPENED TO HER SON? WE KNEW WE WANTED TO HELP. THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP OFFERED TO FIX THE CAR FOR FREE. WE LOOKED AT IT AND FOUND THAT THERE THERE WERE SOME. IT WAS A LEAKING LINE AND SHE GOT LOW ON FLUID, SO IT WAS A RELATIVELY EASY FIX. WE HAD TO REPAIR HER COOLER LINES, AND SHE HAD SOME OTHER LEAKS THAT WE TOOK CARE OF WHILE WE WERE THERE. MANAGER MIKE ALLEN SAYS. THIS KIND OF REPAIR COULD HAVE COST $1,000 OR MORE, BUT FOR HIM AND THE EMPLOYEES, IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY. I THINK IT BOILS DOWN TO KINDNESS. WE COULD TAKE ONE SECOND OF STRESS OFF OF HER THAT IT WOULD MEAN. THE WORLD. AN ACT OF KINDNESS THAT HAS LEFT THIS MOTHER GRATEFUL. LIKE I SAID, I’M VERY PROUD. I’M HAPPY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT’S GOOD PEOPLE OUT HERE STILL. REPORTIN
Greenville auto shop repairs car for family of teen who died at Frankie’s Fun Park
Updated: 6:34 PM EDT Apr 28, 2025
A Greenville auto shop repaired a car belonging to a teenager who died at an Upstate amusement park at no cost after the vehicle broke down months after his death.Kamel Seveion Sewell, 17, died in December 2024 during a go-kart accident at Frankie’s Fun Park. Before he died, Deldras Sewell, his mother, said he paid about $5,000 in cash to purchase a red Infiniti G35.”The day of the accident, I was at the DMV getting his license plate,” she said. “I had already went and got the tag and stuff, the taxes paid on it, so I was getting his tag.”Deldras Sewell said her son never got to drive the car he purchased for himself. However, recently, she said the car broke down as she tried to drive it.”I forgot what I was doing that day, and it was dripping real bad, so I was like, ‘Nah, let me just go ahead and park it,'” Deldras Sewell said. “Then, my brother came over, and he drove it. He was like, ‘Yeah, it’s the transmission,’ so we just kept it parked. I didn’t have the money to pay for it to get it fixed because I was out of work.”After calling Mr. Transmission on South Pleasantburg Drive in Greenville, whose employees knew what happened to her son, the auto repair shop offered to fix the Infiniti for free.”We knew we wanted to help,” manager Mike Allen said. “We looked at it and found that there were some . It was a leaking line, and she had got low on fluid, so it was a relatively easy fix. We had to repair her cooler lines, and she had some other leaks that we took care of while we were there.”Allen said this kind of repair could have cost about $1,000 or more, but for him and the employees, it was not about the money. “I think it boils down to kindness,” Allen said. “If we could take one second of stress off of her, that would mean the world.”It was an act of kindness that has left Deldras Sewell grateful.”I have to say I’m very proud,” she said. “I’m happy that there’s good people out here still.”In the wake of her son’s death, Deldras Sewell said she has started a nonprofit organization called Forever 17 to help sponsor young children through sports, such as basketball.
GREENVILLE, S.C. —
A Greenville auto shop repaired a car belonging to a teenager who died at an Upstate amusement park at no cost after the vehicle broke down months after his death.
Kamel Seveion Sewell, 17, died in December 2024 during a go-kart accident at Frankie’s Fun Park. Before he died, Deldras Sewell, his mother, said he paid about $5,000 in cash to purchase a red Infiniti G35.
“The day of the accident, I was at the DMV getting his license plate,” she said. “I had already went and got the tag and stuff, the taxes paid on it, so I was getting his tag.”
Deldras Sewell said her son never got to drive the car he purchased for himself. However, recently, she said the car broke down as she tried to drive it.
“I forgot what I was doing that day, and it was dripping real bad, so I was like, ‘Nah, let me just go ahead and park it,'” Deldras Sewell said. “Then, my brother came over, and he drove it. He was like, ‘Yeah, it’s the transmission,’ so we just kept it parked. I didn’t have the money to pay for it to get it fixed because I was out of work.”
After calling Mr. Transmission on South Pleasantburg Drive in Greenville, whose employees knew what happened to her son, the auto repair shop offered to fix the Infiniti for free.
“We knew we wanted to help,” manager Mike Allen said. “We looked at it and found that there were some [issues]. It was a leaking line, and she had got low on fluid, so it was a relatively easy fix. We had to repair her cooler lines, and she had some other leaks that we took care of while we were there.”
Allen said this kind of repair could have cost about $1,000 or more, but for him and the employees, it was not about the money.
“I think it boils down to kindness,” Allen said. “If we could take one second of stress off of her, that would mean the world.”
It was an act of kindness that has left Deldras Sewell grateful.
“I have to say I’m very proud,” she said. “I’m happy that there’s good people out here still.”
In the wake of her son’s death, Deldras Sewell said she has started a nonprofit organization called Forever 17 to help sponsor young children through sports, such as basketball.
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