Chase Stokes has paid tribute to his Outer Banks body double Alexander “AJ” Jennings, following his untimely death.
The 22-year-old was tragically struck by two cars at around 2am on Tuesday morning, according to the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office.
The first vehicle left him with horrific injuries before the young actor was apparently hit by a second vehicle – and both vehicles fled the scene.
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After the tragic news broke, Chase took to his Instagram Story to pay tribute to his Outer Banks stand-in, who was also a musician.
He wrote, “Still trying to process why certain things happen, and why the world works in the ways that it does.”
“My heart is shattered. Your life was just starting.”
“We JUST talked about how pumped you were about your tunes, how far you’d come with that ole 6 string and your want to keep creating art,” he continued.
“Always always making others hearts warm and being so dam selfless.”
“I wish I had more words to say right now, but the past day has been a struggle to say the least.”
“We all love you, you touched all of our lives and made us all better people, and for that – Thank you AJ. Fly high angel ❤️,” Chase added.
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In a Facebook post, the casting agency for the series, Kimmie Stewart Casting, also paid tribute to AJ.
“It is with great sadness that I share on Tuesday Alexander “AJ” Jennings’ mother informed me of his tragic death. Outer Banks crew & cast suffered a terrible loss when AJ was stuck by two cars, that fled the scene early this morning,” the post read.
“AJ was a beautiful, kind soul & a bright light every day on set. He moved to Charleston from New York to work as our John B photo double/stand in this season.”
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“I cannot fathom the shock and tragedy of AJ’s sudden loss and our thoughts are with his family and friends during this difficult time. I understand this message may be difficult to process for those of you that met & became fast friends with AJ.”
“Netflix HR has grief counseling available, please reach out to me by email or text and I can get you the information.”
“I am still at a loss of words how this happened & cannot imagine the pain his family is going through. We will miss this amazing human & his infectious smile dearly.”
