LAKE CITY, Fla. – The fiancé of a person who was killed early Sunday morning in Columbia County says she was on the telephone with him when the tragic second occurred.
In line with Florida Freeway Patrol, the 31-year-old was standing outdoors his automobile that had damaged down on State Street 100 in Lake Metropolis when an SUV got here up and fatally hit him.
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Amanda Ulicky says the person was her soon-to-be husband Brandon Neal Estep.
In line with his fiancé, Estep, who glided by Neal, had run out of fuel after serving to a good friend in Daytona and was pushing his automobile.
“I heard every part go silent,” Ulicky recounted. “I heard the telephone hit the bottom. I heard every part.”
She continued, “I used to be the final one to say ‘I like you’ to him on the telephone. He took his final breathe whereas I used to be on the telephone with him.”
Ulicky mentioned Neal was a U.S. Military veteran she described as “humorous” and “outgoing.”
The 2 additionally share a 2-year-old daughter named Arianna, who Ulicky hopes remembers her dad as “loving” and “noble.”
“I haven’t been residence all day. It’s been onerous for me,” she mentioned. “I’m going to mattress in an empty mattress with out my fiancé. And that’s the hardest factor I’ve completed…It’s a ache I want on no one. He was the love of my life. He’ll at all times be part of me.”
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