A newlywed couple from Texas was killed in a wrong-way crash with a suspected drunk driver while returning from a meeting with other U.S. Marines.
Kristen Huddleston, 35, and her husband, Jared Huddleston, 42, were traveling in their pickup truck on the Chisholm Trail Parkway in Fort Worth shortly after midnight Sunday when they were hit by a car going the wrong way, WFAA reported.
The couple, both Navy veterans, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Andrew Adamson, 27, the other driver, was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and taken into police custody.
“He will face two counts of intoxication manslaughter for the deaths of the two people who were in his vehicle,” police officer Jimmy Polozani told NBC 5.
“The victim’s vehicle was traveling on Interstate 30 westbound, attempting to take southbound Chisholm Trail,” he said. “The suspect vehicle was traveling eastbound on the bridge in the wrong direction, resulting in a head-on collision.”
Kristen Huddleston, 35, and Jared Huddleston, 42, died in a wrong-way crash caused by a suspected drunk driver. Kristen Huddleston/Facebook
The Huddlestons were returning from a meeting with other Marines the night of the head-on collision.
Kristen’s father, Rafael Ortiz, described her as a loving mother of two daughters who attended school to become a therapist and help other former Marines transition to civilian life.
The newlywed couple, each of whom had children, had moved to Texas to live closer to Ortiz.
Kristen and Jared on their wedding day. Jared Huddleston/Facebook The couple was returning home from a Marine muster at the time of the crash. Jared Huddleston/Facebook
“She had so many dreams and aspirations,” he told WFAA. “That growth process was fantastic to see and it was taken away. It’s hard. It still doesn’t seem real. “I spoke to her four or five hours before.”
Ortiz, who has four adult children, said the couple was on their way home from attending a meeting with other Marines at the time of the crash.
“The emotion of seeing her become that woman that you always want your daughter to be… now knowing that there is no more hope for that… is just devastating,” Ortiz told the outlet. “You should never have to bury your children.”
The couple leaves behind two daughters and a son. Kristen Huddleston/Facebook Kristen’s devastated father, Rafael Ortiz. WFAA
He described his daughter and son-in-law as soulmates.
“They were happy. That’s the happiest I’ve ever seen my daughter as an adult. They’re still happy together. I couldn’t separate them,” she said.
A GoFundMe page says Kristen “had the most infectious laugh and went out of her way to make people around her smile and laugh.
“Kristen was a lighthouse in many people’s storms, so please let’s join her family and be a lighthouse for them in this very difficult time,” he adds.
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