Double Tragedy for Woman with Macomb County Ties: How to Help

Amy and Jamie Martin were married in February and were expecting their first child when their dreams were shattered in a horrific accident in Pennsylvania. (Photo via GoFundMe)

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More than $100,000 raised to help a Rochester woman who lost her husband and unborn child in an accident in Pennsylvania last week.

Amy and Jamie Martin, who were married in February and were expecting their first child, were traveling on Interstate 80 in Clarion County, PA, last Monday, Sept. 14, when Jamie crashed into the back of a tractor trailer tanker that had stopped before entering a construction zone, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.

He was airlifted to the hospital, but died enroute, police said.

Amy survived, but lost the couple’s baby boy, which they planned to name Jameson. She was 20 weeks pregnant at the time. According to the GoFundMe page established by Amy’s sister, Christina Wojnicki, she is recovering in the intensive care unit of Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.

It may be several weeks before Amy is able to return to Metro Detroit, WXYZ-TV reports.

“For those that do not know Amy (Wiegand) or Jamie Martin, they are two of the most beautiful, kindest, heart-warming, and enjoyable people to be around,” Wojnicki wrote on GoFundMe. “They met several years ago and were married this past February. The love they had for eachother was so pure and their love story was so real. ...

“Amy was always taken care of by Jamie and it is my goal to make sure my baby sister is taken care of as Jamie would want so.”

The couple, originally from Sterling Heights, were living in Rochester at the time of the accident.

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