The dad and mom of a 4-year-old boy have been each killed in separate automotive crashes simply hours aside Friday after the mom slammed right into a culvert and her fiancé hit a tree racing to her crash scene, cops stated.
Alexus Lee and John “JR” Collins, who have been engaged and shared the toddler, have been each pronounced useless on the scenes of their respective predawn crashes round Baton Rouge, Louisiana State Police stated.
“I love them and I’m gonna miss both of them and I’m gonna find the strength to go ahead,” Collins’ father Arthur Collins informed WAFB.
Lee, 25, was behind the wheel of a 2013 Toyota Highlander on LA 67 round 2 a.m. when the SUV veered off the highway and barreled right into a culvert, turning the automotive the other way up, police stated.
When Collins, 35, was known as in regards to the deadly crash, he reportedly hopped in his 2016 Chevrolet Camaro to race to the scene, however misplaced management of his automotive as he tried to go round a curve, authorities stated.
His automotive additionally left the roadway on LA 67 and smashed right into a tree, throwing him from the automobile.
Neither Lee and Collins was sporting a seatbelt, in keeping with cops.
“He loved Alexus as well as everybody else who knew her,” Collins’ mom, Sandra Collins, informed WAFB. “To know her was to love her.”
The couple was purported to get married in February 2026 and depart behind their toddler, Gabriel.
“He understands what happened, and he’s just having a little problem comprehending that we can’t talk to them,” Sandra Collins heartbreakingly informed the station as she vowed the 2 households would maintain him.
“We can’t see them, but he understands that they are asleep and are with God.”
