Couple who survived Las Vegas shooting killed in crash

Couple who survived Las Vegas shooting killed in crash

A husband and wife who survived the Las Vegas massacre have died in a car crash just 15 days after the mass shooting.

Dennis and Lorraine Carver were killed when their vehicle crashed outside their gated community in Riverside County, California bursting into flames, on October 16.

The Carvers were at Route 91 Harvest music festival this month when Steven Paddock began shooting indiscriminately into the crowd from a hotel window, killing 59 people and injuring 527 more. 

During the onslaught, Mr Carver, 52, is said to have jumped on top of his wife, also 52, to shield her from the bullets. 

Brooke Carver, the couple's 20-year-old daughter, said her parents had grown even closer following the shooting.

'After the shooting, they heard from all of the people they cared about most. They were so happy,' Brooke, 20, their daughter told the paper. 

'The last two weeks of their lives were really just spent living in the moment.'

According to the couple's younger daughter, Madison, 16, there was a loud bang outside of her window on October 16.

When she ran down the street to see the source of the noise she saw her parents car engulfed in flames. 

The pair died together, less than half a mile from their home.   

A statement from the Riverside County Fire Department said their vehicle crashed into a metal gate outside their community at 10:50 p.m. on the 20000 block of Avenida De Arboles. 

It took firefighters almost an hour to put out the flames.