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Marietta mother, 3 kids killed in fiery crash with tractor-trailer in Texas
By Zachary Hansen, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A Marietta mother and three of her young children died in an eight-vehicle accident in Texas on Thursday morning, police confirmed to AJC.com.
Chelsea Standberry, 36, and her kids — 10-year-old Anthony, 8-year-old Anaiyah and 6-year-old Chase — were killed in an accident on I-10 near Beaumont, Texas, according to Houston-based news station KHOU.
A fiery wreck on I-10 in Texas killed four people from metro Atlanta. (Photo: KHOU-TV)
The wreck involved a car, pickup truck, five other passenger vehicles and a tractor-trailer, and it shut down all westbound lanes at Major Drive around 6:30 a.m., Beaumont police told the news station. It’s unknown what caused the wreck.
The car and pickup truck both caught on fire after the wreck, KHOU reported. There were three others in Standberry’s car — her husband, mother-in-law and stepdaughter, who were injured and are recovering in a Texas hospital, Channel 2 Action News reported.
Beaumont police said several people in other vehicles were treated for minor injuries, Channel 2 reported.
A Marietta mother and three kids were killed during an eight-vehicle accident in Texas on Thursday morning. (Photo: KHOU-TV)
Beaumont police told AJC.com on Friday the incident report for the wreck isn’t finished and won’t be available for several days.
Channel 2 reported that Standberry’s children attended Mountain View Elementary. The school put out a Facebook post telling parents what happened and offering help with grief counseling.
The family has set up a GoFundMe account to help pay for funeral and medical expenses. It had raised more than $12,500 of its $50,000 fundraising goal as of Friday evening.
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Actress ChelseyRai S. Standberry, who appeared in several films and was a local TV show host in Cleveland and Atlanta, was killed early Thursday in an eight-vehicle accident in southeast Texas. She was 36.
Beaumont police are trying to determine what caused the wreck, which involved a tractor-trailer and seven other passenger vehicles. Standberry died in the crash along with her three children, 10-year-old Anthony Standberry Jr, 8-year-old Anaiyah Standberry and 6-year-old Chase Standberry.
The family was traveling from Georgia in the same vehicle along with Standberry’s husband, Anthony Standberry Sr.; stepdaughter Jada Standberry; and her mother-in-law, Renee Ford. The accident happened at 6:30 AM. Several other people in other vehicles had minor injuries, and the driver of the 18-wheeler was not harmed.
ChelseyRai Standberry began her entertainment career as the first host and co-producer of Witness yhe Realist (WTR-TV), based out of Cleveland. The show promoted underground music and talent on four television stations throughout Ohio for more than five years. She later founded Word of Mouth TV, which aired on local metro Atlanta television.
A relative of the family has launched a GoFundMe campaign, writing in the description that the three injured family members are expected to recover.
Her husband is also an actor, and they appeared together in several smaller film and TV projects.
No memorial plans have been announced.