4-year old loses both parents in separate car accidents

[Yinny]

Engaged couple die in separate fatal accidents, leave behind 4-year old child

EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Alexus Lee and John “JR” Collins were building their futures together and were engaged to get married. Tragedy took them, and they leave behind their 4-year-old son.

“I love them and I’m gonna miss both of them and I’m gonna find the strength to go ahead,” said JR’s father, Arthur Collins.

Holding back tears, the families of Alexus Lee and John “JR” Collins remember the engaged couple’s lives cut short. His parents held hands while talking about their whirlwind romance.

“He loved Alexus as well as everybody else who knew her. To know her was to love her,” said JR’s mother, Sandra Collins.

“Losing Lexus just different. It was a different feeling, and it’s like I know a part of me gone,” said Alexus’s sister Dominque Lee.

The couple was set to get married in February 2026. They died overnight last Friday in separate crashes.

State police said Alexus lost control of her SUV and crashed into a culvert and overturned on Plank Road near Lemon Road in Zachary. We are told investigators called JR to tell him what happened. On his way to the crash scene, troopers said he lost control of his car on Plank Road just outside the town of Clinton. He hit a tree, was ejected, and died. Troopers said neither one of them was wearing a seatbelt. They leave behind their 4-year-old little boy, Gabriel.

“He understands what happened, and he’s just having a little problem comprehending that we can’t talk to them. We can’t see them, but he understands that they are asleep and are with God,” said Sandra Collins.

 

[UpAndComing]

So sad. I instantly thought of this movie reading the OP

 

[Luke Cage]

wear your seatbelt

 

[Harry Sax]

One of their exes buried that root on Em

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

"neither one of them was wearing a seatbelt."

The roads in Zachary curvy and made funny as fukk. Certain roads steep where you can't see oncoming drivers unless they really close then the road will have a sharp turn.

Wear yo fukking seatbelt.

 

[BangBike]

 

[ItsPeople]

I could see how the second parent crashed. Your mind ain’t right after getting a call like that.

When we got the call that my cousin was in a car accident, my gran mammy started spinning like a top and freaking out. My grandfather had to calm her down but there was no way she could have driven in the state she was in.

 

[Piff Perkins]

Not wearing a seat belt...and you got a kid....


RIP but lets be real, they ruined that kids life being stupid.

 

[get these nets]

Rest in Peace to them.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

RIP to them. Sad story

I know that road his accident was too. My Grandmas house is close to there.

Feel bad for the kid. Sounds like they were great parents in a great relationship

 

[ItsPeople]

Not wearing a seat belt...and you got a kid....


RIP but lets be real, they ruined that kids life being stupid.

 

[Luke Cage]

They should just make it where your car doesn't start unless the seat belt is buckled.

Although then you might still have some goofies killing themselves because they buckle it underneath them to get around that safety feature.

 

[Diondon]

oh goddamn the same night

 

[Mandizi]

Tragic. R.I.P. to the couple. God bless that baby.

 

[Voice of Reason]

Damn R.I.P. to them.