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How You Can Help 2 Prince George's Teens Whose Parents Were Killed In A Fiery Car Crash

A Facebook fundraiser has been set up to help a graduating senior still go to college after his parents were killed in a fiery car crash.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — Friends, family and even strangers are rallying around the two Bowie teenagers whose parents were tragically killed in a fiery car crash early Saturday morning. Police say Kyle and Charlene Savage's car left Annapolis Road for an unknown reason, hit a pole then caught on fire.

The couple left behind Kyle Jr., a 17-year-old senior at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville who is heading to Hampton University in Virginia, and 14-year-old Knico. Family friend Kester Irwin Hanley Crosse II created a Facebook fundraiser to help send Kyle, Jr., to college.

In a short amount of time, they have raised nearly $100,000 and counting.

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"They are loved and have a strong loving family ... how fast can we raise $40,000 to cover his college? Crosse II posted. "The devil took their parents away but the God in us gives us resources to support the 2 left of this Fantastic Four."

DeMatha Catholic High School shared on its Facebook page Sunday afternoon that many people have asked how they can help the Savage family. The school currently is accepting gift cards that it will pass along to the kids and their caregivers. The school also posted that the family "is also working on a Trust Fund" and "will share that information when we have it."

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A celebration of life will be held for the Savages June 6 with visitation at 10 a.m. and a service following at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Glenarden's Worship Center, 600 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro.

"I know they're smiling because they see the people who are reaching out," Charlene's sister Linda Hunter told Peopleabout her late sister and brother-in-law. "Coming out just wanting to support the boys and asking what they can do."

Speaking with NBC station WRC-TV, Hunter added, "The family's hurting, but we just need peace that surpasses all understanding because we don't know how this can be."

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