GoFundMe Started On Behalf Of Homeless Man Killed In Hit-And-Run

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY - A fundraising campaign was recently started on behalf of a homeless man who was killed in a hit-and-run crash on New Year's Day.

Ishera Govan started a page on GoFundMe to raise money to help bury 22-year-old Taekwon Campbell.

According to police, Campbell was struck by two cars while walking on Lowell Avenue on January 1 at 1:30 a.m. Both vehicles stopped after striking him before fleeing.

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Campbell was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner.

"This accident was a devastating way to start the New Years 2019," Govan wrote on the page. "Taekwon wasn’t a trouble kid, he was a good boy who loved video games and his skate board."

The goal of the page is to raise a total of $5,000. As of Wednesday, a total of $290 has been raised.

To read more or to donate, visit the GoFundMe here.

Image via GoFundMe/Tragic New Years Deadly Hit & Run