California mom taken off life support after huge freeway crash killed husband, son left orphaned

Gregory and Vanessa Tobias, both 29, died after a crash on Interstate 80 left their car overturned and triggered a chain-reaction pile-up. Their young son, Austin, has been left without either parent, while relatives and friends remember the couple and arrange a joint memorial.

The couple were travelling eastbound near Vacaville at about 2.35 am on 31 October when their Hyundai Tucson flipped; three cars then struck it. Gregory died at the scene, and Vanessa died on 6 November after six days in hospital. Her family said she was an organ donor and that her heart, pancreas, kidneys and liver would be donated; a memorial service is planned for 20 November.