A teenage couple sadly saw their life end after their Jeep was T-boned by a semi-truck at a Tennessee intersection Thursday night.
Austin Moffitt was a star football player and linebacker from Tennessee. He was dating Alexis McCann.
The two were in a Jeep Patriot when they failed to stop at an intersection. That is when an 18-wheeler driven by 62-year-old Jeffrey Miller from Alabama T-Boned the vehicle killing both of the high school sweethearts.
Both Moffit and McCann were wearing seatbelts as well as the truck driver.
The truck driver was not injured.
The Sequatchie County Quarterback Club will be taking up donations for the family of Austin Moffitt to help cover funeral and other expenses. https://t.co/M6qQID1bYC pic.twitter.com/UcEuOVXgNi
— Hanah May WTVC (@HanahMayWTVC) September 30, 2022
Both Moffitt and McCann graduated from Sequatchie County High School in May.
“So heartbroken to hear the news of the loss of a former player and students of mine,” a former teacher wrote on Facebook. “Austin Moffitt was such a great young man and player.
“Alexis was such a sweet girl and a great student. She worked extremely hard. This is such a devastating loss for the community. They will both be missed by many. Pray for these families.”
“Austin was a wonderful young man and an outstanding football player. He will always be remembered in our hearts. Alexis was his biggest fan,” Sequatchie County Football Quarterback Club, of which Moffitt was a member, wrote on Facebook.
HAPPENING NOW: A funeral is underway for Austin Moffitt, a Sequatchie County High School football player who was one of 2 killed in a crash last week.
Members of SCHS’s biggest rival team, Bledsoe County, are also lining the funeral route in tribute.@HanahMayWTVC is there now. pic.twitter.com/wH1H6BxQZ7— WTVC NewsChannel 9 (@newschannelnine) October 5, 2022
(Charlotte Observer)
