Childhood sweethearts, Harley Morgan, 19 and Rhiannon Boudreaux, 20 have died after their vehicle collided with a truck, just five minutes after leaving their wedding venue in Texas on Friday.

The newly weds were pulling onto a five-lane highway when the truck, which was towing a trailer carrying a heavy tractor slammed into their vehicle. 

According to witnesses, their car then flipped multiple times before coming to rest in a ditch. The couple, still in their wedding clothes were pronounced dead at the scene by the same justice of the peace who had just married them.

“The family was right behind them. They were all going out to wherever they were going to have their reception,” Orange Police Chief, Captain Keith Longlois said.

Detectives say the truck driver did not appear to be at fault but that he was cooperating with the police. They added that he was not injured and was going to undergo drug and alcohol tests.

The groom’s mother, LaShawna Morgan and sister, Christina Fontenot had been travelling behind the couple when they crashed.

“They haven’t even been married for five minutes. Those two babies, the only thing that they wanted was to get married and start their life. The two of them had so many dreams,” Mrs. Morgan told reporters.

Ms. Fontenot said the couple had been planning a larger ceremony to be held in December.