Dad Whose 2 Kids Were Killed in Car Crash After Mom Allegedly Got Distracted Speaks Out: 'My Heart Breaks'

Mar. 15, 2025

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The father of the two children who were killed after their mothercrashed into a flatbed tow truck on the shoulder lane of a highwayin Arizona earlier this week is remembering his kids.

Ty Porter shared an emotionalFacebook tributeto his 9-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter on Friday, Oct. 25, writing that the two kids were his “whole world” as he said that being a father “has been the best part of my existence.”

“I will miss you so dearly,” he continued to his kids — who were identified as Tate and Evie in aGoFundMe. “My heart breaks that I cannot wake up to your smiles. That I can’t hear that amazing laugh. That we can’t play catch together. That I can’t cheer you on and coach you from the sidelines any longer…I will miss that I no longer get tuck you in at night and tell you how proud you make me. I will miss giving you daddy snuggles.”

“I hope your Mom, brother and sister will feel your love and now we can be together forever again,” Porter concluded the post, adding, “I love you my too littles.”

He further explained to the outlet that he believed the kids were “playing loudly, roughhousing in the backseat, or some kind of thing that distracted her from the road.”

The woman was hospitalized, while another child — identified as an 11-year-old boy — only had minor injuries from the crash, Graves said.

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Over $164,000 has been raised on GoFundMe since the incident. The organizer of the family’s fundraising page said the funds will be used to pay off medical and funeral bills.

source: people.com