Tragedy Strikes: Mom of 4 Killed in Wrong-Way Crash on I‑40

Dev­as­tat­ed Fam­i­ly Seeks Answers After Head-On Col­li­sion ([head on col­li­sion injuries ON Mayo Clin­ic mayoclinic.org])

A hor­rif­ic wrong-way crash on I‑40 has left a fam­i­ly shat­tered. T’Aun­dra Wash­ing­ton, a vibrant 35-year-old mom of four, was trag­i­cal­ly killed after a head-on col­li­sion sent her car plum­met­ing over a 100-foot bridge.

Beloved Mom Tak­en Too Soon

“It’s just unimag­in­able,” said LaShawn Owens, T’Aun­dra’s heart­bro­ken moth­er. “She was on her way home to her kids who need her more than ever.”

T’Aun­dra’s broth­er, Robert, described the ago­niz­ing impact on the fam­i­ly, espe­cial­ly her young chil­dren. “They can’t believe she’s gone,” he shared.

A Life Cut Short

Fam­i­ly and friends remem­bered T’Aun­dra as a radi­ant soul, the life of the par­ty. “She had this mag­net­ic per­son­al­i­ty,” Owens said. “Every­one loved her.”

This dev­as­tat­ing loss leaves a gap­ing hole in their lives. “We’ve lost our rock,” Owens shared, demand­ing account­abil­i­ty from the oth­er dri­ver. “You took the heart of our family.”

Seek­ing Jus­tice and Sup­port

The cause of the crash remains under inves­ti­ga­tion. As the fam­i­ly grap­ples with this immense grief, they’ve set up a GoFundMe page to help with funer­al expenses.