Former pro wrestler Jay Briscoe killed in crash on Delaware highway while taking daughters to cheerleading practice - NBC News

The pro wrestler known arsenic Jay Briscoe — champion known arsenic 1 fractional of the foul-mouthed "Briscoe Brothers" tag squad — was killed successful head-on road clang successful Delaware portion taking his daughters to cheerleading practice, officials and his household said.

The performer, whose existent sanction was Jamin Pugh, was driving eastbound connected Laurel Road successful a Chevrolet Silverado 2500 astatine 5:09 p.m. ET Tuesday erstwhile a westbound Chevrolet Silverado 1500 "crossed the halfway lane" and came "directly into the path" of eastbound traffic, state constabulary said.

The Silverado 1500 was driven by Lillyanne Ternahan, a 27-year-old Frankford resident. She and Pugh, a 38-year-old Laurel resident, were some pronounced dormant astatine the country successful Laurel.

Wrestlers Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe of "The Briscoe Brothers" successful 2019.Cindy Ord / Getty Images file

Ternahan was wearing a spot loop and Pugh was not, constabulary said.

Pugh was traveling with 2 daughters, ages 9 and 12, who were some wearing spot belts, constabulary said. The girls were rushed to a adjacent infirmary wherever they were some listed successful captious condition.

Pugh's mother, Jana Pugh, told NBC Philadelphia that helium was taking the girls to cheerleading practice.

She said she believes her lad was live erstwhile she and her hubby arrived astatine the country of the crash.

“My hubby did the outcry to him,” Pugh told the station. “Calls him Chum. He said, ‘Chum, we’re here.’ So if helium was conscious astatine each astatine that clip helium would’ve heard that. And I similar to deliberation helium did.”

The pickup trucks were the lone vehicles progressive successful Tuesday evening's fatal clang and it wasn't instantly wide if either operator was impaired, constabulary said.

Pugh and member Mark Pugh were the "Briscoe Brothers" who performed for the Florida-based Ring of Honor wrestling circuit.

"It is with a dense bosom that we mourn the tragic passing of Jamin Pugh, known to wrestling fans astir the satellite arsenic Jay Briscoe," Ring of Honor said successful a connection connected Wednesday. "Our thoughts are with his family, his friends, and his fans."

The brothers' in-ring personas, arsenic pugnacious feline chickenhearted farmers, were among the Ring of Honor's astir fashionable acts of the aboriginal 2000s.

Outside of the ring, friends knew Jamin Pugh arsenic a devoted father.

During the bosom of the Covid-19 pandemic successful 2020, Ring of Honor posted a video of Pugh wearing ribbons successful his hairsbreadth and practicing a cheerleading regular with his daughter.

"An unthinkable performer who created a heavy transportation with wrestling fans crossed the globe," tweeted famed WWE performer Triple H, whose existent sanction is Paul Michael Levesque.

"My condolences to the household and friends of Jay Briscoe."

Laurel School District was closed Wednesday owed to the "unthinkable tragedy," the territory said successful a statement.