Florida student’s heartbreaking final text minutes before she was killed by drunk driver

Lauryn Akey was driving back from a friend’s wedding in the early hours of May 17 when horror struck on a Florida highway.

The 21-year-old, who was a student at the University of South Florida, had stopped to get gas before hitting the road. In a touching final act, she texted her family to tell them she loved them and would see them soon.

Just moments later, her Honda CR-V was violently struck head-on by a Ford F-150 truck barreling the wrong way down Interstate 75 in Charlotte County, Florida…

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