A 16-year-old girl who was seriously injured in a two-car crash that took the life of a Kell High School student last week is recovering, and her friends are raising money for her hospital bills.
The Zaxby’s restaurant at 2756 Sandy Plains Road will donate 10 percent of its receipts from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday for a girl named Emily.
According to a Go Fund Me account set up by Peyton Miller, nearly $19,000 has been raised for Emily (in photo above), who’s a student at Lassiter High School.
The girl was not identified by Cobb Police since she is a juvenile. Kayleigh Neste, 17, a senior at Kell, was killed in the crash, which took place January 12 on Jamerson Road near the Kell campus.
Police said Neste’s Nissan lost control heading westbound on Jamerson and crashed into a Kia driven by the 16-year-old that was heading eastbound.
Both girls were taken to WellStar Kennestone Hospital, where Neste was pronounced dead.
The Zaxby’s fundraiser was announced in Cobb Commissioner JoAnn Birrell’s weekly newsletter on Friday (flyer at right).
According to a message posted by Miller on the Go Fund Me page for Emily, “Major surgeries have been completed for now and she is looking 100 times better.”
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