20-year-old woman dies in crash after car part flies through windshield

A 20-year-old woman was killed in a car crash in Georgia after a brake drum fell off another vehicle and crashed through her windshield.

According to local media outlets WTVC and Local 3 News, as well as social media posts from her siblings and a GoFundMe page, college student Autumn McClure was sitting in the passenger seat of her boyfriend’s car as the two drove to Ringgold, Georgia, to drop her younger brother off at daycare.

McClure’s sister, Simone Matherly, wrote in a Facebook post that a brake caliper went through their car’s windshield and “killed her almost instantly” in a “crazy car accident.”

According to Local 3 News, the Ringgold Police Chief confirmed the crash happened on the morning of Wednesday, August 14, as she and her boyfriend were driving south on I-75 from her home in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, just north of the state line.

A brake drum fell off the back of the truck and struck the woman in the chest and neck, according to a GoFundMe page set up by McClure’s brother, Collin Le, to help with funeral arrangements for the 20-year-old.

“The fall passed before emergency services arrived,” GoFundMe reports.

Ringgold police did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

According to her obituary, McClure was valedictorian of the class of 2022 at Soddy-Daisy High School, studied graphic design at Chattanooga State Community College and had a passion for nature and going to concerts.

The obituary added that donations made to the GoFundMe page — which had raised more than $2,500 of its $10,000 goal as of press time — would also be donated to several wildlife charities.

Many of her friends and family members have opened up on social media to talk about the 20-year-old’s life since her death. In a Facebook post, Matherly wrote that “even writing this feels like an out-of-body experience.”

“Losing a sibling is never something you want to imagine, I thought about it when we were all gray and old, but not like this,” she wrote in part. “She would have turned 21 next month. She went to graphic design school. She had so many plans and dreams. My family and I are in complete disbelief. It still feels unreal.”

McClure’s boyfriend, Tyler Nunley, wrote in a lengthy Instagram caption that she was “the brightest, most spectacular part of my life.”

“You have had such an incredible impact on my life, helping me become the person I am today. You were the most amazing person I will ever meet,” he wrote.

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McClure’s twin sister, Ivy McClure, also posted on Instagram about her sister’s death.

“I will miss you for the rest of my life,” she wrote in part, addressing her sister. “You were my best friend from the day we were born. I will never find enough words to describe how much you mean to me, but I can say I will always remember you for your kind heart, sense of humor, intelligence, and clarity of mind.”