Two young children were left orphaned after their parents' car crossed the center line on a major highway and crashed into an empty grain truck.
Harry Spruill, 42, and his wife, Whitney Spruill, 37, were traveling down Highway 32 in North Carolina with their infant when their Ford passenger car collided with an empty grain truck heading in the opposite direction, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol.
The devastating crash occurred just before noon on April 1. Authorities said the couple's child was taken to a hospital in Greenville with non-life-threatening injuries.
However, the baby's parents were tragically pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the truck was not injured.
The couple's family said they left behind their two children: the baby in the vehicle, Benjamin, and a kindergartener named Rosie.
It's unclear what transpired before the accident and why the family's car crossed the center line. The Daily Mail has reached out to the NCHP for more information.
'In a single moment, this family's entire world was turned upside down,' a family friend wrote in the description of an online fundraiser.
'No family should ever have to go through something like this, especially not two children who now have to grow up without their mom and dad.'
The family said the two young children will now be in the care of Whitney's brother, Adam Swain.
Swain shared a tribute to his sister and brother-in-law online, adding it was 'hard to put into words just how devastating' the tragedy was for their family.
'My sister, Whitney Swain Spruill, was a pure innocent soul who loved so deeply. She loved Jesus with all her heart and that love was apparent to everyone who was lucky enough to know her,' he wrote.
'Harry was a good man who worked hard for his family and Lord knows he loved my sister and was so good to her.'
Harry and Whitney lived in North Carolina with their two children. Whitney's brother said in a tribute post that faith was important to them.
A family friend has set up a GoFundMe to help Whitney's brother with funeral costs and childcare expenses.
Swain added that the couple were great parents, and he vowed to do his best to care for the children after their deaths.
Whitney's last post on her Facebook account was a picture of her newborn baby in November.
Harry shared a heartwarming post on social media last May, wishing his wife a happy Mother's Day and praising her as an 'amazing' mom to their daughter, Rosie.
A family friend has set up a GoFundMe for the Swains to help with funeral costs and additional expenses that come with raising two children.