19-year-old dies after crashing head-on into his uncle days before Thanksgiving
Lugg’s uncle, Randle Dotson, was treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s ICU for 12 fractured ribs.
DICKSON, Tenn. (WSMV) - A family is preparing to lay their son to rest just days after he was killed in a tragic crash in Dickson County.
“He was my world, my rock my sunshine,” Joanna Crain, mother of 19-year-old Josh Lugg, said.
Crain and her mother Joy Dotson said a light in this world was taken away far too soon.
They said the nightmare started two days before Thanksgiving when Lugg crashed head-on into a truck being driven by his uncle.
Dotson said she got a call moments after the crash on Thompson Road.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol said Lugg was trying to turn on this curve Tuesday afternoon, when he miscalculated, drifted into oncoming traffic and crashed head-on into a truck his uncle was driving and into a ditch.
“There’s a blind curve about a half a mile from where we live, him and another vehicle that my son was driving hit head on,” Dotson said. “My grandson, from what we’ve been told, passed instantly.”
Hearing those words was the moment Dotson said her family’s hearts completely broke.
“My grandkids are my life, my daughter and my son, that’s my whole world. We don’t know what to do without him,” Dotson said.
Crain said she still couldn’t believe her baby was gone.
“There wasn’t a day that went by that I didn’t get a good morning hug and a kiss from him, and a day that I didn’t give him a kiss before he left out the door to go to school,” Crain said.
Lugg’s family weren’t the only ones broken hearted. He was a member of Dickson County Future Farmers of America the organization dedicated a post to him asking for prayers.
“He just visited the vo-tech school for his future, he wanted to be a farm diesel agriculture mechanic, but God just had other plans. I don’t understand right now, and it will be a long time before I do, but the world lost a wonderful young man,” Dotson said.
Crain said this world will never be the same.
“No matter how bad your day was, he’d always put a smile on your face, always,” Crain said.
Family members said Lugg’s uncle, Randle Dotson, is being treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s ICU for 12 fractured ribs. They said while Dotson heals from his injuries, the family will spend time planning to say their final goodbyes to Josh.
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