A nine-month-old baby will never experience Christmas with his parents while the young couple, who were going to get married next June, were allegedly hit at high speed by a drunk driver, killing them instantly, a few weeks before the holidays.
“My heart hurts so much now that you’re gone. Life is so unfair. All because of a drunk driver. (…) You were one of my biggest role models growing up. You made me little Beckett’s aunt. I will always be there for him. We all will be,” Brooklyn, Savannah Harding’s sister, wrote in a somber Facebook post, according to the New York Post Monday.
On the night of December 9, the 22-year-old woman and her fiancé, Jacob Hahn, 24, were driving in Ohio when their vehicle was allegedly violently hit by a driver in a Kia Soul, propelling them into the lane. reverse.
It was then that they were hit head-on by a second vehicle which was not able to avoid them, killing both parents of a nine-month-old baby, little Beckett, on the spot.
The couple, for whom testimonies surged on Facebook, planned to get married next June.
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“Angry that an irresponsible and reckless woman took the lives of two very young people who had only just started living theirs. My heart is completely broken for sweet Beckett, because he will never know how extraordinary his parents were and how much they loved him!”, recounted the young father’s cousin, Brooke Johnson, in turn, according to the New York Post.
For her part, the driver of the Kia Soul, Samantha Hammons, 55, was charged with two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide while driving under the influence of alcohol, according to documents. judicial reports by the American media.
During the collision, his two daughters were in the back of his vehicle, according to the American media. She was booked into the Wood County Jail, according to Perrysburg Municipal Court documents, while awaiting trial.
