GoFundMe's created for passengers involved in Care Flight Stagecoach crash
UPDATE 8:30 p.m. Saturday: The GoFundMe of Bear and Terri Rand has been added.
Five people were killed in Stagecoach Friday night after a Care Flight plane went down on its way to Salt Lake City.
The passengers included the pilot, a flight nurse, a flight paramedic, a patient and the patient's wife.
The flight nurse has been named as 32-year-old Ed Pricola, who, before moving to Care Flight last fall, worked as a charge nurse in the Carson Tahoe Emergency Department. Pricola is survived by Lauren, his wife of 12 years, his four-year-old daughter Riley, his two-year-old son Everett, and his golden retriever, Rip.
You can donate to Pricola's GoFundMe by clicking here.
The Care Flight paramedic has been identified as Ryan Watson. Ryan loved being a flight medic, and brought a "positive attitude to every call and patient interaction he had," according to Savanah Green, who organized his GoFundMe. Ryan is survived by his Wife, Kailey, and their newborn Carter, who was born on Jan. 19, 2023.
You can donate to Watson's GoFundMe by clicking here.
The Care Flight pilot has been identified as Scott Walton. Walton was an exceptional pilot who spent years as a flight instructor, and transporting patients through Care Flight was an "absolute passion and life's mission," according to his sister-in-law Katie Maguire Walton, who organized his GoFundMe. Walton is survived by his wife and three young daughters.
You can donate to Walton's GoFundMe by clicking here.
Passenger Mark (Bear) and Terri Rand were on the Care Flight trip so that Bear could undergo life-saving treatment in Salt Lake City when the plane went down. Bear and Terri were big hearted, family oriented, proud parents and grandparents, according to Misty Gruenemay who is organizing their fundraiser.