BY DAN HILDEBRAN
Telegraph Staff Writer
STARKE—The Florida Highway Patrol said a mother of three and a three-year-old child died in a crash north of Lawtey Saturday morning.
FHP said a Green Cove Springs woman was driving an SUV southbound on U.S. 301 around 10:45 a.m. The vehicle left the roadway and hit a ditch.
The vehicle “then became airborne, going through a small field and onto NW 246th Street,” troopers said in a news release.
The SUV came to rest against a building.
The driver, 40-year-old Angela Sippel and her daughter, 3-year-old Eden Sipple, died at the scene.
Three of the driver’s other children, Niyah:10, Joslyn:7 and Jude: 5, were hospitalized with serious injuries.
FHP said none of the children were wearing seatbelts or restraints.
Angela Sipple’s mother, Susan Goodrich, set up a Gofundme.com account to help the family with funeral expenses.
She wrote that her daughter and grandchildren were going to visit family in Gainesville when the crash occurred.
Goodrich reported on the day after the crash that the survivors were recovering.
“Joslyn is continuing to recover well,” Goodrich wrote on the Gofundme.com page. “She has been eating ice cream, popsicles and watching princess movies. Jude is in good spirits as well and is improving. Niyah still has a very long road ahead of her, with another surgery on her right arm tomorrow.”
At press time, the funding effort had exceeded its $50,000 goal.
