MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Local motorcycle clubs remembered the victims of the deadly motorcycle crash two weeks ago on Highway 158 in Wilmer with a fundraiser on Sunday.
“We’ve got one, two, possibly three motorcycles…several patients laying down on the asphalt at this time.”
That was the 911 call on April 13th following the gruesome crash that tragically ended the lives of two motorcyclists and a passenger in a car on Highway 158.
As family and friends mourn the loss of these bikers and what they left behind, they haven’t been forgotten. Shortly after the crash, a rally was held on Highway 158 advocating for motorcycle safety. On Sunday afternoon, members of local motorcycle clubs gathered together to support the families of the crash victims.
Plates of friend chicken and fish were up for sale and the donations that were collected went to the victims’ families to help cover funeral expenses.
“We are really a family and so when something happens to one of our family members, what do we usually do?” Canesha Dread said. “We come together and we do what we can do for the said family and that’s what I try to do.”
Canesha Dread organized the fundraiser and said the goal was to bring the community together to mourn the loss of two of their own and pray for the recovery of the others involved in the crash. Dread said two local clubs lost two of their fellow bikers.
According to ALEA, the victims of the crash were 21-year-old Elizabeth Hearn of Bolton, Mississippi, 39-year-old Kristopher Dotson of Prichard and 39-year-old Marcine Crawford Jr., a Mobile firefighter. Authorities said Kevin Nettles of Loxley who was with Dotson and Crawford survived the crash and is in the hospital with severe injuries. They said 21-year-old Wade Thornhill of Clinton, Mississippi was also taken to the hospital for critical injuries.
Dread said the fundraiser was a chance to show that the motorcycle community is one big family with different patches on their backs.
“No matter what’s on your back…I have an ‘R’ on my back you know, but if you go inside those doors, everybody got something different on their back but it don’t matter because again, it’s one big family and we look out for each other,” she said.
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