Couple Killed in 6 Vehicle Pileup While Driving to Their Own Wedding Were 'the Brightest Lights'

Photo: Facebook (2) A New Jersey couple traveling to their wedding last week were killed in a fiery automobile crash involving at least five tractor trailers, according to reports. The couple’s car and two of the tractor-trailers caught fire, according to WNBC. Pennsylvania State Police did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. “Our nephew Joseph Kearney and his beautiful fiancé Kate Schurtz were killed in an automobile accident on their way home for their wedding to be held that day,” an apparent relative, Mary Heinle,wrote in a Facebook post.

Couple Killed in Limo Crash Were 'Amazing Parents:' They Were Devoted to Their Kids'

Adam and Abigail Jackson, who were among the 20 people killed ina horrific limousine accident on Saturdayin upstate New York, were longtime sweethearts who cherished being parents to their two young children, their close friend tells PEOPLE. “You’ll find many people that will call Adam their best friend. That is just the type of person he was,” Cushing, 34, says of Adam, his longtime friend who he’s known since their time playing baseball in grade school.

Couple Killed in Walmart Mass Shooting While Trying to Shield 2-Month-Old Son From Bullets

Andre and Jordan Anchondo.Photo: Facebook Jordan Anchondo, 25, and her husband Andre Anchondo, 24, were shopping for school supplies for their 5-year-old daughter when gunfire erupted, Jordan’s aunt Elizabeth Terrytold CNN. Terry described Jordan as “the epitome of love” and “a selfless mother.” • Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Clickhereto get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter.

Couple Learns the Groom Has Rare Form of Leukemia 5 Days Before Their Wedding

Photo: Dustin and KT Riedesel“We’re going to have to call off the wedding this weekend. Dust got cold feet…and leukemia.”That was the text KT Riedesel sent to friends when, five days before her planned wedding to then-fiancé Dustin in Dec. 2016, he was diagnosed with a rareform of leukemia.Although Dustin had felt lethargic for a few weeks, he had brushed it off.“I know in hindsight that I was feeling bad, but at the time I had just turned 31 and was in otherwise good health, and I just assumed that I was maybe coming down with something,” the now 32-year-old tells PEOPLE.

Couple Living 2,000 Miles Apart Gets Married After Falling in Love During Online College Class

Ed and Nadine Hallisy.Photo: courtesy Southern New Hampshire University When Ed Hallisy registered foronline coursesat Southern New Hampshire University, he knew he’d earn his diploma one day — but he never expected to find his soulmate in the process. As fate would have it, Ed, 58, crossed paths with Nadine, 48, while taking the same online international business class in spring 2019. Ed, from Cleveland, Ohio, and Nadine, from Santa Clarita, California, quickly hit it off, flirting over a class discussion board before taking their romance to the phone, with calls, text messages and FaceTimes.