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Corey Wetmore, 28, of Brick Township, and Brittany Forsythe, 26, of Browns Mills, both died in the Halifax County crash on Wednesday, Nov. 15, Virginia State Police said.
Wetmore was heading south in a 2006 GMC Envoy on a Virginia street around 8:15 p.m., when the vehicle ran off the right shoulder, State Police said. Wetmore overcorrected, ran off the left side of the highway and struck several trees. The vehicle then overturned down an embankment, police said.
Neither were wearing a seatbelt, police said.
"To his friends in New Jersey and beyond: this is a tough and unexpected loss to us all," Wetmore's family writes in his obituary. "Your kind messages and thoughts during this time are extremely appreciated.
"Our family is already feeling the love and support from those who knew Corey best, and we are all-the-more grateful to any donations that can be pledged in his name and lasting memory."
"My life will never be the same, recieved[sic] the news this morning my beautiful grandaughter Brittany Forsythe was killed in a bad car accident last night," Sandy Haines wrote on Facebook. "It seems like a really bad dream , i just want to wake up and have my sweet little Britt back."
Forsythe was being remembered in her obituary as a loving mom to her four "fur babies," and loving sister. Services were held at the United Methodist Church in Browns mills.
Wetmore's funeral was held at the Higgins Memorial Home in Freehold. Click here for his complete obituary.
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