Forest Hill Optician Injured In Crash, Fund Set Up For Family

FOREST HILL, MD — A father of three is on the road to recovery after a crash earlier this summer in Forest Hill. Now there is a GoFundMe campaign to help his family through the process.

Jerry Andrews suffered a severe brain bleed, broken ribs and a broken sternum in a crash July 11, according to the GoFundMe campaign established on his behalf.

It was shortly after 9 a.m. when there was a crash on MD 23/East-West Highway at Water Tower Way, according to the Harford County Sheriff's Office.

"Jerry Andrews fainted at the wheel and was thus T-boned by a heavy-duty pick up truck," according to the GoFundMe page for Andrews.

Andrews, 50, of Bel Air, had been driving north on Water Tower Way at the intersection of MD 23 when he passed out, did not stop at a stop sign, and was hit by a driver from White Hall, who was uninjured, Maryland State Police told Patch.

"CPR was administered, he was resuscitated and transported to Johns Hopkins Bayview, where the team in ICU worked to stabilize his condition," according to the GoFundMe page.

Once he was at Bayview, medical personnel found Andrews suffered multiple injuries.

"Upon arrival, a severe brain bleed was on the rise and several broken bones were discovered, including most ribs and a broken sternum due to CPR," according to the GoFundMe page. "We are beyond grateful that, although he faces a long road of recovery, he is still with us today."

Andrews works at MyEyeDr in Forest Hill and is married with three children, according to the GoFundMe campaign. He is known for putting a smile on people's faces.

The GoFundMe campaign was designed "to tide Jerry’s family through his path of healing," according to organizer Chelsea Kemper, his coworker at MyEyeDr.