Nicholas & Gavin Ouellette.Photo: GoFundMe
Brothers Nicholas and Gavin Ouellette were killed in a New Hampshire car crash last week, while their father, who was driving at the time, sustained “serious” injuries.
On Friday at around 8:30 a.m. local time, New Hampshire State Police responded to a vehicle crash on Interstate 89 in the town of Bow, according to amedia release.
Meanwhile Ouellette was transported to a local hospital with “serious but non-life threatening injuries.”
Bow School Superintendent Dean Cascadden went on to identify the boys as Nicholas, an 11th grader who played on the school’s football team, and Gavin, a student in the first grade, according toNBC10 Boston.
The crash remains under investigation.
“It breaks your heart,” Bow High School Principal Brian O’Connell told NBC10 Boston. “That’s the only way to describe it. It just breaks your heart. It’s a tragedy.”
“It’s going to leave a big hole in our community as we try to heal from this and deal with the tragic loss,” added Cascadden.
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The two boys were memorialized in aGoFundMe pageset up to raise money for their family.
“Nicholas & Gavin Ouellette were our angels on earth, and now they are our wings. The boys passed away in a tragic car accident that leaves our earthly hearts crippled,” reads a message on the fundraising page, which has raised over $235,000 as of Monday.
In addition to their father, a police officer and veteran, and their mother, who works as a nurse, a nurse, their family also includes Nicholas' twin sister Hannah and brother Dylan, 4.
Meanwhile, Gavin was remembered for his being a “happy” child who “loved wrestling with his brothers and cuddling with mom.”
“Even in the face of this tragedy, we all firmly feel that Nick would have wanted us to keep going,” Cohen said.
source: people.com
