Haverstraw church raising funds for family who lost infant daughter in Valley Cottage crash
A Rockland church has identified the victim of Tuesday's major crash on Route 303 in Valley Cottage.
St. Mary's Knanaya Catholic Church in Haverstraw said in a Facebook post that 1-year-old Jacinta Roger Kunnakattumalayil was the child killed in the crash. Her 31-year-old mother Chinnu and 3-year-old brother Johan were still in the hospital as of Wednesday afternoon.
The church set up a GoFundMe fundraiser to help the Kunnakattumalayil pay for the young victim's funeral costs and her mother's surgery to repair a fractured leg.
"Beautiful she was and loved by all who got to meet her," the church wrote of the young girl on the fundraising website. "The joy Jacinta brought to our lives cannot be described in words but is undoubtedly felt in all of our hearts."
Funds will also go toward helping support the family while the mother, Chinnu, and father, Roger, are unable to return to work. The family also has another son, Jophiel.
As of Thursday morning, the GoFundMe had reached over $54,925 of their $100,000 goal. The link to the GoFundMe can be found here.
The Clarkstown Police Department said a white Ford commercial box truck collided with a black Nissan Pathfinder driven by Chinnu Kunnakattumalayil headed south on Route 303 near Hillside Lane at the border of Valley Cottage and West Nyack around 8:50 a.m. The driver of the box truck, who is male, also suffered critical injuries and was hospitalized as of Wednesday. His identity has not yet been revealed by police.
Anyone who may have witnessed the accident or has information is asked to call the Clarkstown Police Department at (845) 639-5800.
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Haverstraw NY church raising funds for family who lost infant in crash
