Newly engaged woman killed in car crash in Fort Worth; fiancée was the only survivor

FORT WORTH, Texas – A woman’s mother was killed in a car accident in Fort Worth last weekend spoke to FOX 4 about the bright future her daughter was looking forward to with her fiancé.

Chelsea Cook and a family of four were killed in a head-on crash on Northwest Loop 820 early Sunday morning.

Cook’s family celebrates her life and supports her fiancé’s recovery. Evan Ranallo was the only survivor of the serious crash that killed five people.

Cook was 33 and looking forward to planning her wedding.

“She just got engaged three weeks ago. And her fiancé has been together for four years,” Cook’s mother, Laurel Summerfield, explained. “He showed us a photo of the ring he had designed and made by her best friend, a jewelry designer in Santa Fe.”

Cook’s joy and life were cut short while her fiancé must fight for his.

“If there was anything he could have done to keep her alive, he would have done it,” Summerfield said.

It was around 3:30 am on Sunday. Says the police a car carrying a family of four – two parents and two children – was driving in the wrong direction on Northwest Loop 820 and crashed into the newly engaged couple. All four people in the family’s car were killed, along with Cook.

Summerfield says Ranallo played a guitar gig with his bandmates on Saturday night.

“After the show was over, one of the things he always did – and Chelsea was with him that night – was take all the band equipment back to the rehearsal room and leave the equipment and the trailer there, and they drove home. That’s why they were gone at 3:30 in the morning.”

Ranallo initially did not know that his fiancée had died. His family told him the news at the hospital as soon as he could communicate.

Police have no answer as to why the driver of the family’s vehicle was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes, and they may never know.

“We’ll probably never get a blood alcohol level because of the condition of their bodies from the fire,” Summerfield said.

The grieving mother says her family is relying on each other to get through this difficult time.

“It’s been our promise to Chelsea from the moment we found out we weren’t going to get caught in a ball and be ruined by it,” Summerfield said. “We will be happy again.”

As for the deceased family of four in the car that was traveling the wrong way, the medical examiner has not yet officially identified the victims.