Heartbreaking final texts from husband tragically killed

A US father who was recently killed in a tragic workplace accident exchanged heartbreaking final texts with his wife just hours before he died.

Eddie Turner had texted his wife on Thursday morning, the pair sharing "I love you’s" before Eddie started work that day.

It was the last time Crystal heard from her husband of 17 years, and the next call she received was to tell her he had died.

An employee at Sika Automotive, Eddie was cleaning a recycling belt later that morning when his arm became trapped in the machine and was amputated, Eddie losing blood rapidly.

He was rushed to a local hospital in North Carolina, but doctors were unable to save him, Eddie passing away soon after.

“It’s over, but we were supposed to grow old together," Crystal Turner told WBTV of her heartbreaking loss.

She and Eddie shared two daughters, Brooke, 13, and Lindsay, 16, and had celebrated their wedding anniversary just a month before Eddie's tragic accident.

"It’s like everything you would imagine to be in a dad he was it,” said Eddie's daughter Brooke.

“We know that [dad] loves us and he knows that we love him and that we would do anything to get him back."

Lindsay added that her late father worked hard to support his family and would do anything to provide for his girls.

Eddie's death is currently being investigated by occupational health and safety authorities.