MORGANTON, N.C. — Brendletown firefighters are hosting a lemonade stand fundraiser after a car crashed into a stand and injured three girls on Wednesday.
A car crashed into a lemonade stand along Conley Road in Burke County on Wednesday, seriously injuring three girls. Officials said two cars wrecked on Conley Road, sending one of the cars crashing into the lemonade stand.
Channel 9’s Dave Faherty spoke with the girls’ family members on Friday morning. They told him that a seven-year-old and an eight-year-old were airlifted to the hospital following the crash.
Family members told Faherty that the two girls have several serious injuries, and their recovery will take time. Harry Brittain was one of the first firefighters on the scene.
“Something out of a horror movie kind of thing,” Brittain said. “I haven’t seen something like that in over 20 years.”
The Brendletown Fire Department responded to the crash on Wednesdays. Now, those firefighters are now planning a lemonade stand fundraiser at their department on Highway 64, south of Morganton.
Organizers told Faherty that the stand will be set up Friday and Saturday afternoons.
Firefighters said the proceeds will go to the families of the children. And they hope people will stop by to help out.
Jessica Tallent, the mother of a 9-year-old who was injured in the crash, said her daughter is now out of the hospital. And she is thankful for the fire department.
“They thought enough of the girls to say you know what we need to do this and donate it all to the girls,” Tallent said. “That’s crazy to me, but it’s amazing.”
Luxury Lemons drove about an hour from Landis to help raise money for the families of the three girls. Amber Wells told Faherty that they have about 2,000 cups and hope to sell every one of them on Friday and Saturday.
“It makes my heart fill when you see the community coming and it also teaches my children to give back,” she said.
She and her daughters were a part of the fundraising. And Faherty said they never stopped moving, selling as much lemonade as possible.
“I feel like really sad for the girls who were hurt because we started on this at their age and they didn’t get to start anything. So we’re doing this to help them,” Jaiden Wells said.
Dozens of people from across the foothills came the fire department came to show their support.
“I just care about people and want to help,” Wanda Dehart, a customer, said. “I’m a former teacher. And I want to make sure that they are taken care of.”
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