{"id":17199,"date":"2023-03-03T20:34:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T20:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/03\/gofundme-supports-two-cyclists-killed-17-injured-in-az-car-accident\/"},"modified":"2023-03-03T20:34:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T20:34:20","slug":"gofundme-supports-two-cyclists-killed-17-injured-in-az-car-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/03\/gofundme-supports-two-cyclists-killed-17-injured-in-az-car-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"GoFundMe Supports Two Cyclists Killed, 17 Injured in AZ Car Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"entry-privacy-statment__container\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n\t\t<b>Support us!<\/b><br \/>\n\t\t Bikerumor may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article.\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bikerumor.com\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn More<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>On Feb. 25, an incident I can only describe as a senseless tragedy struck a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/bikerumor.com\/best-bike-lights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">road riders<\/a> in an Arizona suburb.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ezoic-autoinsert-video ezoic-under_first_paragraph\"\/><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_first_paragraph-640x360-999998-clearholder --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_first_paragraph-640x360-999998-nonexxxclearxxxblock --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_first_paragraph-426x240-999998-clearholder --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_first_paragraph-426x240-999998-nonexxxclearxxxblock --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_first_paragraph-384x216-999998-clearholder --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_first_paragraph-384x216-999998-nonexxxclearxxxblock --><\/p>\n<p>Police in Goodyear, Ariz. took a 26-year-old male into custody after he drove his Ford F-250 through a group of 20 cyclists riding on a bridge. The incident killed two riders and injured 17 others, of which 11 required hospital treatment.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FGoodyearPolice%2Fvideos%2F213911674547774%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sixty-one-year-old Karen Malisa died on the scene, and 65-year-old David Kero died on the way to the hospital, authorities said. The driver, 26-year-old Pedro Quintana-Lujan of Phoenix, faces a slew of charges, and the cycling community looks to pick up the pieces.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ezoic-autoinsert-video ezoic-under_second_paragraph\"\/><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_second_paragraph-640x360-999997-clearholder --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_second_paragraph-640x360-999997-nonexxxclearxxxblock --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_second_paragraph-426x240-999997-clearholder --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_second_paragraph-426x240-999997-nonexxxclearxxxblock --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_second_paragraph-384x216-999997-clearholder --><!-- ezoic_video_placeholder-under_second_paragraph-384x216-999997-nonexxxclearxxxblock --><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the purpose of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/west-valley-cycle-injury-fund?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&amp;utm_content=undefined&amp;utm_medium=copy_link_all&amp;utm_source=customer&amp;utm_term=undefined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GoFundMe<\/a> started by one local rider. David Herzog of Goodyear took up the cause, an \u201cinjury fund [which] will 100% be sent to the riders that went to the hospital and the two families that lost their loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the four days since the campaign went live, over 1,400 donations have poured in, totaling over $143,000.<\/p>\n<p>The post noted gratitude for the \u201coverwhelming\u201d financial generosity and the emotional support many donors have included via notes.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has garnered national attention. In a Feb. 28 email to BikeRumor, one advocate for the group said it hopes to utilize the coverage to \u201cask for patience and courtesy from drivers, and to emphasize the close-knit nature of cycling clubs and groups around the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of the injured riders, four remained in the hospital \u2014 one in critical condition \u2014 as of the email\u2019s receipt. Anyone can donate to the recovery fund in any amount. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/west-valley-cycle-injury-fund?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&amp;utm_content=undefined&amp;utm_medium=copy_link_all&amp;utm_source=customer&amp;utm_term=undefined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>gofundme.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bikerumor.com\/arizona-bike-crash-deaths-gofundme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support us! Bikerumor may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn More On Feb. 25, an incident I can only describe as a senseless tragedy struck a group of road riders in an Arizona suburb. Police in Goodyear, Ariz. took a 26-year-old male into custody after he drove his Ford F-250 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6804],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17199","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}