Country crooner Luke Combs pays for funerals of three who died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning after show
Country singer Luke Combs is paying the funeral expenses of three young men who saw him perform at a Michigan music festival before they died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning at a nearby campground, relatives said.
'For him to reach out and do that, I don´t even have the words. I wish I could just give him a hug,' said Meeka Sova, the mother of Kole Sova.
Sova, 19, William 'Richie' Mays Jr., 20, and Dawson Brown, 20, were found dead in a travel trailer on July 17.
Tragedy: Country singer Luke Combs is paying the funeral expenses of three young men who saw him perform at a Michigan music festival before they died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning at a nearby campground, relatives said. He's seen May 2021 above
Police said the friends were exposed to emissions from a portable generator that was too close to their camper.
Two others, Rayfield Johnson, 20, and Kurtis Stitt, 20, were transported to the hospital and remain in critical condition.
Mays' mother, Amy Satterthwaite, recalled how she held her son's hand the previous night during Combs' appearance at the Faster Horses Festival, a weekend show at Michigan International Speedway.
'That was the last time we were with our boys,' Satterthwaite said.
Combs had no comment about the donation, spokeswoman Asha Goodman told MLive.com.
Believed: One of the men's mother Amy Satterthwaite invited family and friends to gather and remember Kole Sova, Dawson Brown and Mays at the home of Jerry and Meeka Sova near Jackson, Michigan Sunday, July 18, 2021
But Kole's mother Meeka Sova didn't hold back her gratitude while talking to local news network WILX 10.
'We all got the news at the same time,' she said explaining all the friends and family were attending Dawson's funeral service at the time.
'We were all there and everybody was just shocked. We just can't believe it. It warmed our hearts. We were having a rough day, and everybody was tense. With that news you just felt warmth in your heart.'
She went on: 'Him doing that, there's meaning behind it. That was the last concert we were at with our boys.
'That is where we were last all together having a fun time. When we left that concert that was the last time we had seen them. They went one way home and we went the other way.'