Former WCW star and NXT trainer's 20-year-old daughter passes away in a car crash

Testing times for Bill Demott( on the mic)

It is always saddening to lose someone very close to you and it gets even worse if that someone passes away at a very tender age.

Former WCW, WWE star and NXT trainer Bill Demott suffered a tragic incident as his 20-year-old daughter Keri Demott died in a head-on crash at Brevard County, Florida. The unfortunate accident took place on Saturday morning as Keri was driving her Honda CRV 2001 model on the state road 407 when a car crashed straight into her CRV resulting in a nasty collision.

The driver of the other car was identified as 22-year-old Keith Pumphrey of Melbourne, FL who is in a critical condition after the crash. According to inputs from onlookers and from the site of the accident, Pumphrey was driving a 2004 edition Honda Pilot which steered its way in Keri’s lane resulting in a really brutal high impact crash. At the moment, the police are conducting its investigations and the charges and fine details of the accident would be made known soon in the public domain.

For those of you who are oblivious to who Bill Demott is, he was part of WCW under the moniker Hugh Morris during its heyday and was mostly a mid-card jobber who was used as fodder to top stars in making them look strong for the defunct promotion. He had a brief stint with the WWE later on that did not pan out too well either.

His success, though, came in training and being a mentor to aspiring and upcoming pro wrestling talents, as he is currently a trainer in WWE’s hottest wrestling property that is NXT. He is also known for his rough, straightforward and no-nonsense attitude towards the rookies of WWE’s Tough enough, on which he was a coach.

It is really sad that Bill has to deal with such a big loss and the sentiment was shared by former WWE star Shane Helmsley aka Hurricane, who shared his thoughts and condolences on twitter.

My thoughts and condolences go out to @BillDeMott who's going thru a tragedy that no one should have to. Completely heartbreaking.

— Gregory Shane Helms (@ShaneHelmsCom) October 12, 2015

Tragic times calls for inner strength and in these testing times we hope Bill’s fortitude remains intact. The person responsible for the heartening tragedy must be duly booked and action must be taken immediately. Our condolences go out to Bill and his family. May Keri’s soul rest in peace.