"The love of my life & the best daddy ever," Hunter Myers' fiancée wrote on social media after he died in a harness racing accident

Hunter Myers, 27, had been involved in a chain-reaction crash Wednesday, March 19, at the Hollywood Casino at the Meadows, according to the Observer-Reporter. He fell backwards onto the track and had “what appeared to be a major head injury.”

A tragic accident during a horse race at The Meadows Hollywood Casino in Washington County, Pennsylvania, took the life of 27-year-old Hunter Myers. The devastating incident happened Wednesday afternoon during a six-horse race, leaving the racing community in mourning.