ST. LOUIS (KSDK) – A pair of lifelong friends from Illinois died in a tragic accident while on the way to a Major League Baseball game.
Teagan Kelley and Ashton Jackson, both 20 years old, had shared a special bond since they were both just 4 years old.
“They are 20 years old and they never got off the phone without saying ‘I love you.’ They just had a bond that couldn’t be broken,” Mindy Kelley, Teagan Kelley’s mother, said.
The parents of the two friends are now living out their worst nightmare.
“This is probably one of the worst things a parent can go through,” Sabrina Jackson, the mother of Ashton Jackson, said.
David Kelley said the sudden loss caught all of the parents completely off guard.
“As a parent, you don’t expect this. You can’t prepare for something like this,” he said.
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