Saskatchewan community comes together to help family involved in fatal crash

It was a time Cheyenne Ritchey will ne'er forget.

On Friday, July 5, her family was changed everlastingly erstwhile her 2 nephews and her stepmother died successful a two-vehicle collision.

Battleford RCMP opportunity they responded to a collision connected Highway 4 adjacent Cochin, Sask., astir 12:45 p.m.

Ritchey confirmed her stepmom Nicole Gladue (48), and her 2 nephews Dominic (6) and Asher Ritchey (5) died arsenic a consequence of nan accident.

Her mother, Georgette Dryden, is besides successful infirmary aft nan accident. Dryden was nan superior caregiver of nan 2 young boys.

“I saw those boys arsenic my ain kids,” she said. “Asher I for illustration to telephone my small firecracker, he was specified a nosy guy. They were some specified astonishing small boys and I sewage to study a batch from them.”

Dryden has been moved into nan ICU arsenic of Tuesday day but is opening to recover.

“It’s each overwhelming but I americium conscionable trying to stay beardown for my mom,” Ritchey said. “She has ever been my stone successful life and I americium trying to beryllium location for her. She has rather a fewer surgery bones but they request her to person a unchangeable bosom and lungs earlier she goes into surgery.”

The collision was 1 of 2 crashes that occurred connected Highway 4 connected July 5, which successful full person claimed nan lives of 5 group and near respective others injured.

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When asked astir nan highway, Ritchey said location are galore stretches that tin beryllium scary to drive.

“I utilized to thrust those roads each nan clip and I cognize really bad they tin be,” she explained. “Even successful nan summertime it tin beryllium bad because nan roadworthy section lines are not awesome and nan speeds are a small excessively accelerated particularly pinch nan hills.”

This week a GoFundMe was group up for nan family to thief pinch ceremonial costs. But nan ceremony of life won’t beryllium nan only point nan money goes towards.

“Once nan boys are cremated, I want to get immoderate jewelry made for my mom and different adjacent relatives retired of their ashes,” Ritchy said.

As of Tuesday afternoon, much than $6,200 has been raised for nan family.

“Right now my mom is much sedated, but she comes successful and retired and I had told her astir nan money and what we’re raising and she was amazed by it and she was really happy astir it,” Ritchy said.

“I’m truthful gladsome that there’s complete strangers retired location consenting to support america and thief america get done this.”

RCMP opportunity an big antheral driver of nan different conveyance progressive successful nan clang was airlifted by STARS to infirmary pinch superior injuries. There is nary update connected his condition, but RCMP continues to analyse nan collision.