A pregnant bride-to-be has been killed in a horror crash on the way to her Las Vegas wedding.
Kristen Kay Taylor was killed when the car she was driving was rear-ended by a truck in a 13-car pileup near Cedar City in the US state of Utah late last week, the Salt Lake Tribune reports.
Ms Taylor, 25, was driving her Kia Spectra with fiance Gregory Bennin on Interstate 15 and slowed down when the truck in front of her crashed into several cars during a snowstorm.
Just moments later another truck ploughed into the rear of the couple’s car, smashing it into the truck in front and killing Ms Taylor, while Mr Bennin lost part of his left arm in the crash and remains in hospital.
The pair was due to marry later that day, and a Facebook posting from her mother Beth confirmed Kristen was pregnant.
"The Lord is blessing this family with the most beautiful gift he can give. I'M GOING TO BE A GRANDMA FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME! My daughter Kristen is pregnant! I ask for your prayers," Beth wrote on her Facebook page earlier this month.
Neighbours who visited Mr Bennin in hospital said he was "devastated".
Erin Winter, an outreach director at the pair's church in South Salt Lake, described Ms Taylor's death as shocking.
"She's been part of our (church) family for a long time," Mr Winter told the Tribune.
"We are still grieving her loss."
Ms Taylor's final status update on Facebook expressed her excitement of getting married.
"Wow! I can't believe that my wedding is only 4 weeks from today!!!" the message read.
Her death is the second recent tragedy to hit the Taylor family, with Kristen's brother dying from an illness just before Christmas.
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