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After Son Killed On Niagara Thruway, Parents Wed At Funeral

Fatal New York car accidents can tear families apart and bring only sorrow and sadness. But in the case of one fatal car accident that took the life of a precocious 7-year-old boy, his death brought his two parents together.

At the beginning of September, the young Asa Hill was killed in a terrible multi-vehicle accident on the Niagara Thruway. The boy suffered from a traumatic brain injury in the I-190 accident and was rushed by EMS to the Women's and Children's Hospital where he was put on life support. After discovering the boy was brain dead and donating his organs to others in need, his parents took their son off life support.

According to eyewitnesses, a white utility vehicle plowed into a compact car, setting off a chain reaction of crashes on the New York highway. The compact car spun out of its lane, involving an SUV and another truck in the accident. When the compact carrying Asa burst into flames, a dozen bystanders helped rescue the boy until official help could arrive. Others were seriously injured in the Buffalo, NY, crash as well.

At the boy's memorial service on Monday, his parents, Amilcar Hill and Rahwa Ghirmatzion, decided to grant their son's wish and marry at the end of the service. The couple, who were high school sweethearts, were brought together over the tragic death of their son.

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