A California teenage mother was killed on Tuesday when a “large bird” struck the windshield of her car while she was driving home from school.
At the time of the incident, Abigail “Grace” Callaham, 17, was in a car with Thomas Kennedy, 18, after leaving Belton-Honea Pass High School early and were driving down the road when a bird flew out of a tree and struck their windshield.
“The vehicle veered off to the right side of the roadway and then overcorrected, crossed the center line and struck a tree,” the Anderson County Coroner's Office said in a statement.
The driver, Mr Kennedy, was taken to hospital in critical condition, while Mr Callaham, who was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The two teenagers involved in Tuesday's crash were students at Belton-Honea Path High School in South Carolina. The two were in a relationship and had a 4-month-old daughter together.
Callaham is a high school senior and Kennedy is a senior, and the school held prayer sessions for them on Wednesday.
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“Her father is heartbroken,” Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore told local reporters. “Abigail's 12-year-old sister was also there. It's just heartbreaking to see them go through this. It's tragic.”
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Callaham was the mother of a 4-month-old daughter who was not in the vehicle at the time of the crash. Callaham and Kennedy were romantically involved and the child is their daughter.
