A GoFundMe account set up to help the family of a local Boy Scout who died after an automobile accident this week has raised more than $13,000.
Austin Scott Fruge, 14, was en route with fellow scouts to a camp-out at Garner State Park near San Antonio when the accident happened.
He succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday at a Houston hospital.
Fruge, son of Jefferd and Theresa Fruge of Lake Charles, was a student at LaGrange High School. His family sent a message that went out by text to Scouts, scoutmasters and their families and was posted on Facebook:
“Austin was such a strong young man; however, there were other plans. The plans were outside the power of anything that the wonderful and talented teams at Children’s Memorial Hermann and my family could have control of. My family and I were blessed to have him for 14 years but his older brother Nick needed him now and along with God called him home to be a warrior and to guard over us. Austin has had such a wonderful life and a large part of that has had to do with you all. With our deepest gratitude we want to thank each and every one of you for opening up your hearts and homes to welcome him into your lives and for being his second family.”
Frank Williams, who was Austin’s scoutmaster, set up the GoFundMe page — http://ift.tt/2lXHN8A.
All proceeds will be given to the family for help with medical bills and funeral expenses. Mike Beer, CEO of the Boy Scouts Calcasieu Area Council, said donations for the family can also be dropped off at the Boy Scouts office, 304 Dr. Michael DeBakey Drive.
Beer said Fruge’s father retired in February after a long career with the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Visitation for Fruge will be 4-9 p.m. Friday, with a rosary at 6 p.m., and 8-10:30 a.m. Saturday in Johnson Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Margaret Catholic Church.
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