Okay, Dan’s story is pretty damn sad.

But this is officially twice as bad.

Sheriff’s deputy Andy McDowell was forced to live a parent’s worst nightmare twice in a matter of minutes. After he was taken to the site where one of his two sons was killed in a car crash early Wednesday, McDowell was driven past another fatal accident. Only later did he learn that the fiery wreck took the life of his only other child. Rory McDowell, 23, and Cory McDowell, 21, both died within a couple of miles from the home they shared with their father.