A young couple from Texas, married, dies in a car accident a few minutes later

A young couple who had been partying since their eighth year is married to Orange, a southeastern Texas town on Friday afternoon. Five minutes after 19-year-old Harley Morgan and 20-year-old Rhiannon Morgan made their vows in a courtroom, their car was hit by another, instantly killing the newlyweds.

Justice of the Peace Joy Dubose-Simonton, who presided over the wedding for the young couple from Vidor, Texas, Friday afternoon, was finally the same official who declared her dead on the scene just five minutes after the short marriage. .

The family told Beaumont Enterprise Harley and Rhiannon had been a couple since college.

LaShawna Morgan, Harley's mother, was traveling near the 2004 Chevrolet when she was hit by a Ford van on Highway 87 South in Orange. She recounted that she had been trying to try to get her son out of the rubble and that it is an unforgettable memory that she never risks forgetting.

"I had to stay there and watch my two babies die," said LaShawna Morgan at L & # 39; Company. "It's an image I'll have for the rest of my life.I still have blood on it to try to pull it from there.Please, go home and hug your loved ones tonight, do not get angry. "

LaShawna said that after the couple's vehicle was hit, his car rocked several times before stopping in a nearby ditch.

A family member told NBC 12 News in Beaumont that "Both of them had so many dreams and all they wanted was their family around them."

The Orange Police Service said it received a call about the wreckage around 3 pm Friday.

The driver of the truck who hit them was not injured. He was driving a Ford F-250 pickup truck and was hauling a tractor that was above a trailer that he was towing, according to NBC News. There was no indication if charges would be filed in this case.

Police were still on the scene of the wreck Friday afternoon and the cause of the collision was not unveiled.

Orange County is located in the most southeastern part of Texas, in an area known as the Golden Triangle, a term known throughout the state for the Beaumont, Orange, and Port Arthur.

This story is still in development and more details will be provided as they become available.