Can You Help?: Family of Six Struggles After Highway 299 Crash Leaves Dad in ICU, Daughter Airlifted
A collision on Highway 299 has strained this family of six.
A family of six is facing an uphill recovery after a devastating crash on Highway 299 west of Willow Creek on Monday, July 14, left the father in the ICU and their 10-year-old daughter with a fractured vertebra. Now, friends and loved ones are asking the community for help.
The crash, which involved a Caltrans vehicle and an SUV carrying two adults and four children, shut down the highway and triggered a multi-agency emergency response. Bystanders rushed to pull the family from the wreckage, and emergency crews transported all six members to area hospitals. The 10-year-old was later flown to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland for treatment.
Josh, the father and sole provider for the family, sustained multiple injuries and has undergone several surgeries. He remains hospitalized in the ICU and is expected to be out of work for an extended period. The family’s friend, Kataryna, has taken in the youngest two children, while their 12-year-old daughter is staying with her biological mother, and a family member is with the 10-year-old in Oakland, as Danielle, the mother, remains at Josh’s bedside.
Kataryna launched a GoFundMe campaign on behalf of the family. “We are all working together to make sure this family is taken care of and can heal,” she wrote. “Any donations will be very appreciated. If you are unable to donate but still would like to help out in some way, reach out—we understand times are tough these days.”
The fundraiser aims to ease the financial strain caused by lost income, travel to distant hospitals, and the basic needs of caring for four children during a medical crisis.
To donate or learn more, visit the GoFundMe account set up on their behalf:
Even a small gesture can make a big difference as this family begins the long road to healing.
Earlier:
- Crash on Hwy 299 Temporarily Closed the Road,
ThreeFour Children Involved - ‘Please Send Everybody’: Local Family Aids Crash Victims on Hwy 299
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So where’s the GoFundMe link?
directly below “To donate or learn more, visit the GoFundMe account set up on their behalf:”
It’s the big box with their picture that says gofundme on it.
The GoFundMe preview is embedded in the article. Click anywhere on it and it’ll take you to the GFM. It takes a couple seconds to load when you first open the article. Are you not seeing it?
Seeing it now. Dunno know how I missed it before. Load time, complicated by hurried me? Anyhoo, off to drop some jingle in the GoFundMe.
If you are in contact with the person that is in Oakland I would love to be supportive as I am down here with Ellyit…. It takes a village!
Andy, how is Ellyit doing? Any progress? I’ve been praying for your daughter as well
No real progress… we’re in for a marathon and not a sprint. She’s made it to Saturday! We were told she probably wouldn’t make it to Tuesday… it’s just a long, slow process.
I will help but want to add the obvious: Get a lawyer, folks! And keep receipts, because it seems to me the State of CA will be paying the bills.
>’… State of CA will be paying the bills.’
Probably so.
But Legal action… ‘takes awhile’.
Legal actions could delay financial settlement by multiple years.
There’s a case to be made for punitive damages on top of compensatory damages. Get your lawyer on it. You don’t warrant this grief. I’m sorry this happened, and I’m praying for your family members.
California better open their (our) bank account to them.
Done.
Call trans likes to keep these things hush hush – ever since the key stone cop hiring and all?!! Good O’l boys gotta protect their liquored up relatives
Caltrans always hires the best – you know the key stone cop and all !!
Medical care needs to be first and free for ALL citizens.
Nothing is free.
In the meantime, feel free to donate.
Still wouldn’t pay for the family’s travel, local stays, vehicle costs, lost incomes for family. Even comfort items for the patients. The last surgery I had was about $8000. The other expenses $10,000.
In my eyes, Caltrans should be paying for everything… just saying. Beautiful family… hope everyone is healed and united soon.
This is more than just a family tragedy. This is a million-dollar lawsuit waiting to happen, and they’ll need a great attorney to fight for justice. But right now, they need us — their community — to come together with love and support.
You can help. Give now to ease the crushing financial burden — from medical bills and lost wages to travel and childcare needs.
I have friends that currently work and used to work for Caltrans District 1. I asked around and they told me some interesting stuff about the person who was driving the Caltrans vehicle. Apparently this person is incredibly lazy and has a history of not doing any work whatsoever and all the District 1 managers just let this person remain employed despite constantly never performing their job properly. I’m not here to condemn Caltrans as a whole because I know my friends in maintenance and engineering are all incredibly smart and hard working. You’ll always have crappy workers wherever you go. This being said, I hope the family recovers and to immediately reach out to injury lawyers.