On Monday, Aug. 19, Gerald Rahier, Arielle Lemos and their two young sons were driving when they were T-boned by a Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper who was responding to another accident.
According to Katie Lyons of Hoxie, who created the GoFundMe account, after being struck, their car rolled about five times.
Everyone in the car was badly injured. Gerald was pronounced dead at the scene.
Arielle and Jett, one of the children, were transported to the hospital, where they are both stable, according to Lyons
LJ, the other child, was life-flighted to Wichita with a skull fracture and brain bleed. He has stabilized and is improving, she said.
"We are starting this GoFundMe to help Arielle with the medical bills, a car since theirs was totaled in the wreck and funeral expenses for Jerry [Gerald]. Anything is helpful," Lyons said on GoFundMe.
You can contribute to the family here.
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Wednesday, Aug 21
SHERIDAN COUNTY —The Kansas Highway Patrol has identified the individuals involved in a second fatal accident that occurred Monday in Sheridan County.
According to the Highway Patrol, just after 11 a.m. Trooper Ethan Masterson, 27, Oakley, was responding to a fatal accident on KS-23 south of Hoxie when Masterson’s Dodge SUV collided with an SUV at the intersection of 100 S Road and 40 E Road, approximately four miles east of K-23.
The driver of the second SUV, Gerald D. Rahier, 42, Hoxie was killed in the accident.
A passenger, Arielle C. Lemos, 38, Hoxie and two children, ages 4 and 5, all suffered serious injuries and were transported to the Sheridan County Health Complex in Hoxie.
All four people in the SUV were properly restrained at the time of the accident.
The Highway Patrol reported Masterson did have his lights and sirens activated at the time of the accident He was not injured.
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SHERIDAN COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating a fatal crash involving a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper.
Just after 11 a.m. Monday, a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper was responding to a two-vehicle fatality collision involving a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) that occurred on K-23 between Hoxie and Interstate 70 in Sheridan County, according to a media release from the KHP.
The Trooper was westbound on 100 South Road with emergency lights and siren activated as he approached the intersection at 40 East Road.
The Trooper entered the intersection and struck the driver’s side of a southbound SUV. As a result of the collision, the male driver was pronounced deceased. A female passenger in the front passenger seat and a child passenger were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Another child passenger was air-lifted from the collision scene. The trooper was treated and released from the scene.
The Kansas Highway Patrol Critical Highway Accident Response Team was called to the scene, and this crash remains under investigation at this time.