Alabama mother loses BOTH her young sons in horrific car crash after cops saw them speeding away from local gravel pit

By ALYSSA GUZMAN, US NEWS REPORTER Published: 21:40, 23 April 2026 | Updated: 21:40, 23 April 2026 An Alabama mom has lost both her boy in a horrific car crash that left their friend injured after they sped out of a local gravel pit.  Braxton, 20, and Braden Canterberry, 17, and their friend, 18, who was not identified, were seen by police speeding out of a local gravel pit on County Road 36 around 2am on Wednesday.  Police had been called to the area for teens drinking in the pit, ABC 33/40 reported.  Cops later found their SUV crashed and all three occupants had been ejected from the vehicle. It was a single-vehicle crash.  The Canterberry boys were found deceased, while their friend was life-flighted to a Birmingham hospital in critical condition, AL.com reported.  Authorities said the crash was not the result of a police pursuit. Although police turned on their lights, they did not chase the car. The deaths of the Canterberry boys left their mother, Brandy Mitchell-Canterberry, devastated, as the mother-of-three mourned her youngest children.  'These two boys were my world,' she told AL.com. 'They were my reason for everything.  Braxton Canterberry, 20, and Braden Canterberry, 17, died after crashing their car on Wednesday around 2am  Their mother Brandy Mitchell-Canterberry has been left heartbroken after their deaths  Police saw the boys and their 18-year-old friend, who was not identified, speeding away from a gravel pit moments before the crash  Their vehicle was found up the road from the gravel pit. Authorities said the crash was not due to police pursuit  'I feel like I’m watching someone else’s life play out. Nothing seems real and I don’t know how it ever will again.' The boys were well entrenched in their local community, their mother said, writing on Facebook that they were 'raised with the same group of kids since birth.'  'Every family, every parent in this community feels this loss like it’s their own,' she said.  The town of Brilliant has a population of 845, and is located near the Alabama-Mississippi border.  Police are still investigating the crash and no new details are available.  Mitchell-Canterberry remembers her boys as smart, funny, and kind, she told AL.com.  No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.