Newlywed Texas couple dies in freak accident minutes after tying the knot as pickup truck smashes into their car
ORANGE COUNTY, TEXAS: In a gruesome tragedy, a couple in Texas died in a car accident just minutes after they got married.
The couple, 19-year-old Harley Morgan and 20-year-old Rhiannon Morgan, had just tied the knot at the Orange County court and were in the driveway when a pickup truck towing a trailer loaded with a tractor smashed into the couple's Chevy Cavalier.
According to KDFM, Harley, the groom, was driving the car when the collision occurred with the 2015 Ford F-250 pickup truck on Friday, August 23, at 3 pm. The young couple died on the spot.
According to reports, the impact of the accident sent the couple's car flipping in the air before crashing into a ditch. The driver of the truck was unscathed. The Orange Police Department Detective Division is investigating the crash.
The couple had known each other since eighth grade and were from the city of Vidor. Harley's mother Kennia Lashawna Morgan and sister Christina Fontenot had witnessed the incident, as they were driving behind the happy couple. "They had just gotten married," said the groom's mother.
"They haven't even been married for five minutes. Those two babies. The only thing that they wanted was to get married and start their life. The two of them had so many dreams," she said.
"I was here and I watched it happen," the heartbroken mom said, "I watched my baby die. I'm still wearing my son's blood because I was trying my best to rip him and her out of the car."
The mother had tried to save the couple but it was too late. She said that it was her worst nightmare come true — something that would haunt her forever. "I won't forget it. It will never go away. I will see that truck hit my baby and kill my baby every night of my life, the rest of the time that I'm on earth," she said.
The couple had been planning to organize a larger wedding in December this year after the process in court. They had wanted a Christmas wedding. "The 20th of December is when we were going to have the big ceremony with the flowers, all the friends, rest of the family, everything," said Christina Fontenot, the groom's sister.
The mother urged everyone to make amends to their families after the incident. She said, "Even if you're mad, hug your family. Love your family. Even if they've made you mad, make amends. Don't go to bed angry because you don't know. You don't know how fast you can lose that person."