Tragic accident. Steven Hull Raley, TikTok star, was killed in a semi-truck accident in Colby (Kansas) on July 12.
According to The Kansas City Star, the accident occurred when Raley’s truck veered off the highway and crashed through a fence on I-70 just after 8:30 p.m. According to the outlet, the 2019 Volvo semitruck continued on for a quarter mile, crossing both eastbound and westbound lanes of I-70 before coming to a halt in a ditch. The content creator, @Pissed_off_trucker, was taken to the Citizens Medical Center, where he was declared dead.
Truckers Final Mile, an organization that helps reunite truckers with their families in times of need, is accepting donations on behalf of Raley’s family. “Steven’s family has asked truckersfinalmile to help get him home to near Birmingham, Alabama to be laid to rest,” the organization wrote in a Facebook statement.
The well-known trucker often shared TikTok videos of his daily life on the road. Although the social media star’s main account is currently disabled, he created other backup accounts that are still active, @pissed_off_trucker_2.0 and @pissed_off_trucker_3.0.
Raley posted a variety of TikTok trend videos and humorous rants, but also shared his heartfelt stories. In a November 2021 YouTube video, he wished all his followers a happy Thanksgiving as well as expressed his gratitude to his family.
“I’m grateful for my wife, she’s amazing,” he said in the clip. “My three children, my boys and my daughter. And my wife’s two daughters, I love them like my own. I’m a very blessed man. I know I am, and I take it for granted sometimes, but we all do.”
In a clip from that same month, Raley did a duet with another TikTok user’s video, commenting on why men sometimes struggle to open up when they’re struggling with difficult emotions. “[My wife and I] have an incredible relationship with each other, but the only time she ever really gets irritated with me is if she knows I’m withholding my feelings about something,” he explained. “I’m here to protect you, not to burden you. Maybe it’s macho bravado, I don’t know … it’s not that we wanna keep stuff from our ladies it’s just, I don’t know.”
The Alabama native frequently used the hashtag #truckahlovesya on his videos and had numerous names for his fanbase including the Red Neck Mafia, Full of S—t Fam and Pissed Off Nation.
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