Dad Says ‘Hug Your Kids a Little Tighter’ After Son Dies in Crash That Also Killed Boy’s Mom and Sister

An April 11 traffic incident in Alabama left the boy’s other two siblings hospitalized

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  • Ashley Hasgood and her children Bryleigh Pledger and Bryant Ballew were killed in a car crash in Alabama on April 11 that also injured her two other kids
  • Josh Ballew, the father of Bryant, remembered his son as a person of faith
  • The family also offered updates on the surviving children

A father is speaking out after his 13-year-old son died in an Alabama traffic crash last weekend that also killed the boy’s mother and younger sister, and injured his two siblings.

“Hug your kids a little tighter,” Josh Ballew told Fox affiliate WZDX on Monday, April 13. “Enjoy every second that you possibly can with them, because we always think there’s tomorrow… but we never know.”

The incident occurred at the intersection of Highway 157 and Highway 24 at approximately 11:30 a.m. local time on Saturday, April 11, Moulton Mayor Ryan Jolly said in a video shared on Facebook…

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