Fund for Harlow’s family passes £10k

A CROWDFUNDING campaign to support the grieving family of two-year-old crash victim Harlow Edwards has raised more than £10,000.

The appeal was launched by well-wishers after the tragic accident in Coupar Angus during the October holidays.

Little Harlow was struck while walking along the town’s Forfar Road with her big sister Dionne, 17, and six-year-old brother Leon, who were both badly hurt.

Setting up the JustGiving page, family friend Nadia Rice wrote: “We are trying to raise funds to support a wonderful, caring family who have been left devastated after a fatal car collision which led to the loss of their beautiful daughter, Harlow. We aim to support them financially so they can nurse their children back to health and relieve the financial strains while they try to get through this worry and grief.”

The campaign raised just over £5,000 in under 24 hours. By this morning, 526 people had donated to the online fund, generating a total of £10,200 — more than two-and-a-half times the original target.

Meanwhile, Dionne has taken to social media to plead for the safe return of her stolen mobile phone, which contains scores of pictures of her young sister.

The gold iPhone 6 was lost several months before the accident. An in-built GPS tracker shows it has since been to Kirkcaldy, Glasgow and was last switched on in Preston.

Dionne tweeted: “Long shot but my phone was stolen out of my bag some months ago. I don’t care about the phone but it’s all the pictures of Harlow since the day she was born.

“I have no back-up and would hate to just never see them again. It means so much that I get the pictures from it.”

Anyone who would like to make a donation should visit justgiving.com/ crowdfunding/Helpsupporttheedwards.

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