Father speaks out after double tragedy struck when his wife tried to stop their two kids fighting in the back of the car

A grieving father shared his heartbreak after his son and daughter were killed in a horror crash allegedly caused by his wife attempting to break up a backseat fight. 

Ty Porter said his ‘heart breaks that I cannot wake up to the smiles’ of his daughter Evie, 11, and son Tate, 9, after they tragically died Wednesday morning in Arizona. 

Police said the children’s mother Dani Hancock Porter, 36, who survived, ‘may have been distracted’ when their vehicle slammed into a tow truck on the shoulder of the freeway. 

‘As I understand it, it was kids playing loudly, roughhousing in the backseat, or some kind of thing that distracted her from the road, from what she told us’, Bart Graves, a Department of Public Safety spokesperson, told AZFamily. 

In a heartbreaking Facebook post, Ty shared memories of his children and said they were ‘my whole world.’ 

Ty Porter (center) shared his heartbreak after his wife Dani Hancock Porter, 36, crashed into a truck on Wednesday morning, tragically killing their daughter Evie, 11, and son Tate, 9

Officials said they believe Dani was distracted by breaking up a backseat fight between her children when she struck a truck on the side of the road 

‘I will always remember you this way’, the grieving father said, sharing images of his son and daughter playing sports, enjoying days at the beach and smiling in family photos. 

‘Being your Dad has been the best part of my existence,’ he wrote. ‘Coaching you. Teaching you. Learning from you. Making too many memories to count. Cheering for you. Loving you. 

‘Your brightness will continue to live on through the many people who you have blessed with your love and friendship.

‘I will miss you so dearly. My heart breaks that I cannot wake up to your smiles. That I can’t hear that amazing laugh. That we can’t play catch together. That I can’t cheer you on and coach you from the sidelines any longer. 

‘That we can’t have our talks in my truck or answering you many questions about life. Our drives up to Heber to unplug and make memories. 

‘I will miss that I no longer get tuck you in at night and tell you how proud you make me. I will miss giving you daddy snuggles.’ 

Ty shared a heartbreaking Facebook post about his children’s passing, saying his ‘heart breaks that I cannot wake up to the smiles’ 

Just weeks before the tragedy, Ty also shared a trip he took Tate on to see his first concert to attend an Imagine Dragons performance, saying he was ‘so happy I got to have some bro time with him’ 

The children’s mother Dani (right) was also hospitalized in the tragedy 

He said his time with his children were ‘the best years of my life’, and ‘I cannot understand how I do this without you with me.’ 

Just weeks before the tragedy, Ty also shared a trip he took Tate on to see his first concert to attend an Imagine Dragons performance. 

He said the band were his sons ‘favorite’ and he was ‘counting down the days since I surprised him with the tickets!!’

‘It was such a fun night and I’m so happy I got to have some bro time with him and got to be apart of his first concert,’ the father wrote. 

The crash unfolded around 10:15am on Wednesday morning when Porter’s vehicle struck a tow truck pulled over on the side of the road while driving ‘at a significant rate of speed.’ 

Another boy, 6, was also in the vehicle when the crash occurred, and suffered minor injuries, while Porter was hospitalized. 

Ty shared memories of his children as he paid tribute: ‘I will miss that I no longer get tuck you in at night and tell you how proud you make me. I will miss giving you daddy snuggles’ 

Officials said the children were killed instantly in the tragedy, and said they ‘didn’t have a chance, and it’s very sad’ 

Graves told AZFamily after the collision: ‘Suffice to say, the force of the impact was such that it not only sheared off the right side of this pickup truck where they were riding, but they were killed instantly by the force of this impact.

‘They didn’t have a chance, and it’s very sad.’

The tow truck driver did not sustain any injuries from the accident.

The pickup truck’s driver is not facing any criminal charges, but could potentially be charged with a misdemeanor for distracted driving, the DPS said.

‘Slow down, pay attention. Do not get distracted by things in your car if you have kids,’ Graves advised. ‘Stay off the cellphone. By all means, do not drive impaired or fatigued.’