FORT WORTH, Texas — John Nelson says he will never forget the first time he stood at the site of the crash that killed his best friend’s wife, Brytni Elliott.

“If you needed something, she was the one to call. She was like, ‘Oh, I will pick up the kids,’” Nelson recalled.

Saturday night, less than five minutes from home on Boat Club Road, police say a wrong-way driver slammed into the Elliott family’s vehicle. Inside the car was 41-year-old Spencer Elliott, who remains hospitalized with injuries, and his 12-year-old daughter, Allie, who suffered a broken arm. Brytni did not survive.

“I’ve been married 33 years myself, and to think about, even to think about going through what he’s going through — I can’t say that I can even imagine,” Nelson said.

The Elliott’s 17-year-old daughter, Coo

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