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Singer Luke Combs pays for funerals of 3 who died after Michigan show

3 young men die from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning at Michigan’s Faster Horses Festival

FILE - Luke Combs performs "Better Together" at the Billboard Music Awards on Oct. 14, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File) (Chris Pizzello, Invision)

BROOKLYN, Mich. – Country singer Luke Combs is paying the funeral expenses of three young men who saw him perform at a Michigan music festival before they died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning at a nearby campground, relatives said.

“For him to reach out and do that, I don’t even have the words. I wish I could just give him a hug," said Meeka Sova, the mother of Kole Sova.

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Sova, 19, William “Richie” Mays Jr., 20, and Dawson Brown, 20, were found dead in a travel trailer on July 17. Police said the friends were exposed to emissions from a portable generator that was too close to their camper. Two more young men remain in a hospital.

Mays' mother, Amy Satterthwaite, recalled how she held her son's hand the previous night during Combs' appearance at the Faster Horses Festival, a weekend show at Michigan International Speedway.

“That was the last time we were with our boys,” Satterthwaite said.

Combs had no comment about the donation, spokeswoman Asha Goodman told MLive.com.