ALIQUIPPA — The family of Linsday Thompkins tells Channel 11 he died doing what he loved.
The 31-year-old bus driver was behind the wheel of a horrific crash involving a tractor trailer on I-79.
The crash also took the life of 14-year-old Brylee Walker, a student at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School.
Friday, Thompkins’ family held a vigil in his honor and arrived on the bus he owned. They released dozens of balloons into the air and lit lanterns that floated into the night sky.
The family of Lindsay Thompkins says he died doing what he loved, as tragic as it was. They came to his vigil in the bus he owned. @WPXI pic.twitter.com/ngYTNm3tuL
— Amy Hudak (@amy_hudak) November 6, 2021
“I know he’s watching us now,” his sister, Shereka Simmons, tells Channel 11. “He is with our mother, and he’s happy.”
Thompkins also leaves behind his partner and the mother to his children. Thompkins has a little boy named London and a girl named after him — Linsday.
“I wanted everyone to know my brother, Linsday Thompkins, was a very good person,” Simmons added. “Sad to say this situation had to happen, but he loved his job, he loved what he did — as you can see, he had his own bus.”
Thompkins’ godmother, Robin Tucker-Williams, says he and his sister hadn’t even healed from their mother’s death a year before.
“They had not yet even begun to heal from their mom. I just want to ask the community to please pray for them,” Tucker-Williams added.
As Thompkins’ family grieves, Brylee Walker’s family is planning their 14-year-old daughter’s funeral.
The Lincoln Park Performing Arts student was a talented singer and played guitar. She was the only ninth grader on student council. Her family says she was an old soul.
Funeral arrangements for Walker will be held this weekend in her hometown of Hermitage.
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