UPDATE: Thousands Donated for Crystal Benton's Funeral Costs
A fundraising effort is also under way for two other victims of the crash that fatally injured Benton.
Update, Nov. 21: A separate fundraiser is underway to cover the funeral costs of Brittney Marie Ziegler, 21, of Pasadena and her three-year-old daughter, Lilly Renee Gross. According to police, Ziegler and Gross were riding in the southbound lane of Marley Neck Boulevard when 30-year-old Joseph Allen Oliver Jr. of Glen Burnie attempted a northbound lane change, crossing the double yellow line in a no-passing zone. The two vehicles collided head-on, fatally injuring all four occupants. As of 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, the fundraiser on Ziegler and Gross's behalf had collected $6,176 of its $10,000 goal. Update, 2:30 p.m. Crystal Benton's family has now surpassed its original fundraising goal to cover her funeral expenses, raising some $5,800 from…
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Polly
10:28 am on Sunday, November 25, 2012
More tragic? Seriously? She wasn't the driver and thus had no control over the jerk who was. All that died in this tragedy, that was gut wrenching just reading the accounts of the accident. Have a heart. more ›