JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Javon Allen said Ashley Galan was the love of his life. The two were planning to get married and have their first child together this year.
"This is the worst passing I went through in my life," Allen said. "I never got to give you my last name we never had the child we always wanted and planned on and you will forever be my wife no matter what."
Galan, 30, was killed on Tuesday in a crash involving a semi along Interstate 295 near Duval Road.
She died on her brother’s birthday. He died five years ago in a motorcycle accident.
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Galan was on her way to pick up her 12-year-old daughter from school.
Allen recalls the moment he received the devastating phone call. He happened to be near the scene of the crash.
"And I immediately rode past the site and I seen it and it just, I rode past it so I felt it," Allen said.
He and the family is now remembering Galan for her kind spirit and uplifting personality.
"She was more beautiful on the inside than out because of the type of heart she had, for all those around her, it doesn’t matter if she knew you or not. If you ask her for something she’ll give it to you," Allen said.
Family members started a GoFundMe to raise money for funeral costs. To donate click here.