GoFundMe To Help Family With Child In ICU, 2 More Recovering After Crash Killed Dad

HAVRE DE GRACE, MD — A child is fighting for his life in the intensive care unit while his father, Tyler Lingenfelter, was killed in a 3-vehicle crash Monday in Harford County. Two other siblings were seriously injured in the crash and require surgeries.

To help the family, Destiny Wright, best friend of the three boys' mom, Chantella, has put together a GoFundMe to help them with medical expenses for the three boys and funeral expenses for her husband.

"This tragic event was very unexpected and none of us were prepared for it. Chantella will be out of work for a while due to her children’s injuries, so we are asking for a little bit of help, even if it’s $1 ... Thank you and please continue to pray for Cameron, Cayden, Colton and the rest of the family," Wright posted on the GoFundMe page.

Shortly after 10 a.m. Monday, troopers from the Maryland State Police Bel Air Barrack were called to the area of eastbound Churchville Road (MD-22) west of N. Stepney Road for a report of a multi-vehicle crash. According to a preliminary investigation, a Chevy Traverse driven by Tyler Lingenfelter, 33, was traveling west, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed the center lines and hit a box truck, Patch previously reported. The impact of the initial crash subsequently caused the box truck to hit the Ford Transit van, according to the Maryland State Police.

Lingenfelter was pronounced dead at the scene. Two juvenile passengers in the Traverse were taken by ambulance to area hospitals for treatment of their injuries while a third child was flown by air ambulance to the hospital. The driver of the box truck, a 55-year-old man, and his passenger, a 44-year-old female, as well as the driver of the Ford Transit van, a 62-year-old man, also were taken by ambulance to area hospitals for treatment of their injuries.