WHITE COUNTY, Tenn. (WTVF) — A horrific wreck involving 18 people left the White County community traumatized on Monday. Four people died in the three-vehicle crash, including a mother and child from an Amish community in Alabama.

The crash happened yesterday afternoon along Highway 111 in White County. Red spray paint still marked the spot where it unfolded.

According to preliminary reports, 22-year-old Braden Chaphe and a 2-year-old passenger were heading north when their vehicle sideswiped another car, crossed the median and slammed into a van head-on. Chaphe died at the scene.

Inside the van were 15 people, most of them family members of Gerold Miller. Miller said he had seen them just a few days earlier at a wedding.

“Many families are going through this right now,” Miller said.

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