GoFundMe For Falmouth Teens Injured In Bourne Crash

FALMOUTH, MA — The community is rallying around two Falmouth teens who remain in intensive care after suffering life-threatening injuries when their truck slid off an icy Bourne road and crashed into a tree. Fellow students at Upper Cape Technical Vocational School set up a GoFundMe campaign to help cover brothers Colin and Evan Bostwick's medical bills.

The campaign was created Thursday and originally had a goal of raising $10,000. It took less than 24 hours to surpass that goal. As of 12:30 p.m. Friday, the community has raised $17,960, and the page's goal was raised to $20,000.

Police said the crash happened at 7:19 a.m. Tuesday on Route 28 near Barlows Landing Road when Colin Bostwick, 17, and Evan Bostwick, 14, were on their way to school. Firefighters had to use mechanical equipment to free the students from the wreckage.

The boys were rushed to Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, where they underwent surgery. Both boys are in stable condition but remain in the intensive care unit.

Both boys have taken steps in the right direction in their recovery, campaign organizer Bryce Anderson said on GoFundMe.

"Although still critical and in the ICU, the boys were both weaned off their vents and are breathing on their own ...," Anderson said. "They have backed off of the sedatives for the boys and, although not yet conscious, they are both responding to noxious stimuli and some verbal commands and they are opening their eyes a little for brief moments. We are taking all these steps as victories as brain injuries can be tricky and unpredictable. Our hope is that they will soon start speaking. We again want to thank everyone for their love, thoughts, and prayers at this extremely difficult time."

Anyone who wishes to support the boys in their recovery can donate on the GoFundMe page.

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