CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – Two ladies killed in a three-car crash in Clay County over the weekend had been returning dwelling to Canada from a household trip in Florida when the accident occurred, in response to a GoFundMe web page.

The wreck occurred about 6 a.m. Saturday on U.S. 301 on the intersection of County Street 218.

In keeping with the Florida Freeway Patrol, a concrete truck rear-ended the van containing the Kort household after which the household van’s rear-ended an SUV forward of it as the sunshine turned inexperienced on the intersection.

In keeping with the GoFundMe web page, the Kort household misplaced two daughters. 4 different relations had been harm, with two in essential care.

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The Ontario-based regulation agency of the daddy, Pieter Kort, posted that 13-year-old Madeline and 10-year-old Joni had been killed and that 16-year-old Hannah and the youngsters’s mom, Jamie, are within the ICU. The daddy and son, 15-year-old Ethan, are recovering, the submit mentioned.

Individuals who work on U.S. 301 like Jeffrey Younger know the way treacherous the highway may be.

“It’s a harmful spot — very harmful,” mentioned Younger, whose household enterprise has been alongside the highway for 15 years. “You bought individuals pulling out, you bought driveways, you already know, and it’s like an interstate out right here.”

It’s a busy highway with plenty of semitrucks that journey on it. The agricultural stretch close to Saturday’s crash is dotted with memorials for others who’ve died.

For Vijay Patel, who owns a fuel station close by, the information of the crash was powerful to listen to.

“That’s horrible,” Patel mentioned. “No one likes that.”

As of Monday afternoon, a GoFundMe for the Kort household had raised greater than $300,000, with a member of the family writing, “Whereas we don’t know the specifics of this journey, we all know the highway forward might be fraught with immeasurable grief. Your love, help and prayers are appreciated throughout this time.”

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In keeping with troopers, the motive force of the SUV concerned in Saturday’s crash — a 72-year-old Gainesville man — and the 4 SUV passengers — a 3-year-old woman, a 12-year-old boy, a 35-year-old girl and a 42-year-old man, all of whom are from Fort Collins, Colorado — suffered minor accidents.

The truck driver concerned within the crash — a 48-year-old Gainesville man — was not injured, troopers mentioned.

FHP remains to be investigating the crash. A spokesperson says that if the motive force of the concrete truck is discovered to be at fault, the motive force could possibly be going through expenses.

Folks within the space had some concepts on situations on the intersection that would have contributed to the crash. One individual talked about the sunshine at that intersection is on the crest of a hill, so it may well sneak up on drivers fairly shortly. Different issues that got here up are development there that could possibly be distracting, in addition to the truth that there are extra individuals on the highway round spring break.