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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Madeline Sherratt

Father racing to get to his fiancee after she was killed in car wreck dies in a similar crash on same road

Alexus Lee, 25, of Baton Rouge, (left) and her fiancé, John Collins of Clinton, 35, (right) both died in the early morning hours of May 16 in two crashes in Louisiana - (Alexus Lee/Facebook)

A man was killed along the same stretch of highway in Louisiana as his fiancée just hours afterwards, police say.

The horrific incident occurred along LA-67 in the early hours of May 16. The couple is survived by their four-year-old son, Gabriel. They had recently bought a home together and were due to be married in February 2026.

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