Two children, 10 and 11, and woman are killed in horror car crash just moments after boy's football game win

Two children, 10 and 11, and woman are killed in horror car crash just moments after boy's football game win

A horror crash in Florida left two children and a woman dead after a deadly pileup involving four vehicles. Justice Larson, 11, and his cousin Kailee Thompson, 10, were both tragically killed in the crash, along with another woman, on Saturday night as they returned from a youth football game in Sumter County. Justice and Kailee were in a Jeep Compass driven by a 53-year-old Bushnell woman, also believed to be a family member, at around 7.45pm just moments before the incident. The three were sat behind a Nissan NV, which was waiting to turn at the intersection onto County Road 652, when they were struck from behind by an Ford F-150 traveling northbound, News 6 reported. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the Ford driver, a 54-year-old Bushnell man, failed to slow his vehicle as he approached the intersection and slammed into the Jeep, pushing it into the Nissan. The Jeep overturned onto the southbound lanes before another Jeep Compass, driven by a 32-year-old man from Spring Hill, struck them. Troopers said both children were pronounced dead at the scene, while the driver of their Jeep was transported to hospital where she later succumbed to her injuries. The drivers of the other vehicles involved suffered non-life-threatening injuries and received treatment at hospital, the outlet reported. Justice Larson, 11, pictured with his mother, and his cousin Kailee Thompson, 10, were both tragically killed in the crash, along with another woman, on Saturday night as they returned from a youth football game in Sumter County Justice and Kailee (pictured) were in a Jeep Compass driven by the third victim, a 53-year-old Bushnell woman believed to be a family member, at around 7.45pm just moments before the incident According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the Ford driver, a 54-year-old Bushnell man, failed to slow his vehicle as he approached the intersection and slammed into the Jeep, pushing it into the NissanJustice had been playing in a football game with his team, referred to as The Wolfpack, according to social media postings. The team had celebrated a win just moments before the tragedy. Justice's mother, 33-year-old Jade Larson, posted on Facebook about the teams success at 7.40pm, just minutes before tragedy struck. 'That's another win for wolfpack,' she wrote, attaching photos of her son alongside the proud post. Another Wolfpack mother wrote on Facebook: 'Justice, you will truly be missed by so many. Our thoughts and prayers are with your entire family during this difficult time. May God give you all strength, comfort, and peace. You will forever be part of the Wolfpack family.' 'Our teams "winning high" came crashing down last night on our way home to a terrible car accident involving one of our own,' the mother of one of Justice's teammates said.'One of our teammates along with several family members, including another child, lost their lives. Please pray for the rest of the family and how you can give. As well as these young boys dealing with the awful tragedy.'A fundraiser for Justice's family identified him as the grandson of Rick Scott, adding that his wife was killed in the accident, while his daughter was critically injured and in surgery. Troopers said both children were pronounced dead at the scene, while the driver of their Jeep was transported to hospital where she later succumbed to her injuries Amber Irene Osvold, a friend of Kailee's mother, Ashley Spinosa Thompson, said: 'My best friend lost her daughter in a car accident as a result of a drunk driver. Kailee was like a kid of my own and I’ve been in shambles all morning.' Kailee is pictured here A fundraiser for Justice's family identified him as the grandson of Rick Scott, seen with Justice, adding that his wife and niece were killed in the accident while his daughter was critically injured and in surgeryScott is 'facing unimaginable grief and the painful responsibility of planning not just one funeral, but multiple,' the GoFundMe, which garnered over $16,000 as of Sunday afternoon, said. Another GoFundMe for Kailee said she was heartbreakingly killed alongside her cousin and grandma, and had been with her aunt. Social media postings linked the car accident to a drunk driver, which remains unconfirmed. 'Waking up this morning praying for Tim Williams and Jade Larson. Two children and a grandmother gone too soon to a drunk driver and Jade fighting to stay alive,' John Adams, a friend of the family, wrote on Facebook.'As you wake up this morning, give a little prayer for everybody involved and hug your little ones a little more this morning.'Amber Irene Osvold, a friend of Kailee's mother, Ashley Spinosa Thompson, said: 'My best friend lost her daughter in a car accident as a result of a drunk driver. Kailee was like a kid of my own and I’ve been in shambles all morning.'Bridgette Weldon, another friend to Thompson, wrote on Facebook: 'My friend tragically lost her 10 year old daughter to a drunk driver...No parent should ever have to go through this.'Another friend added that Kailee was her mother's 'everything,' and said: 'I can't imagine what she's going through.' Osvold described Kailee as 'such a bright star' who was 'loved by so, so many.' The Daily Mail reached out to the Florida Highway Patrol for comment.

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