Probe Launched Into Fundraiser For Mom Charged In Fatal DUI Crash

GoFundMe has taken down and is investigating a fundraising page created to support a Warminster mother whose 8-year-old son died in a car crash earlier this month after revelations she has been charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI in connection with the fatal collision.

The Bucks County District Attorney's office announced Tuesday that multiple felony charges have been filed against Kelly Colbridge, 37, in connection with the fatal April 7 crash on Street Road in Upper Southampton.

A GoFundMe spokesperson confirmed to Patch that the company has removed the campaign seeking to raise $20,000 for Colbridge. GoFundMe is "looking into this further," the spokesperson said.

The company said it has reached out to the campaign organizer for additional information and is also in contact with law enforcement. Concerned donors should contact GoFundMe directly by visiting www.gofundme.com/guarantee

"In the rare case that GoFundMe, law enforcement or a user finds campaigns are misused, donors are fully protected and will get their money back," the GoFundMe spokesperson said.

The GoFundMe page, established for Colbridge following the crash, was to help pay for her son's medical care and funeral services, it said. Centennial schools had circulated the link, asking the community to support the fundraiser, which had raised more than $18,000 by Tuesday evening.

All the funds were to go directly to Colbridge, the GoFundMe page said when it was active.

It was shut down hours after the multiple felony charges were filed by authorities.

The crash happened around 9:30 p.m. along the 300 block of Street Road, in the area of Davisville Church. Authorities say Colbridge was driving with a BAC at more than twice the legal limit and had drugs in her system when she lost control of her Dodge Avenger, crashing head-on into another car.

Her 8-year-old son, identified as Daniel Klaus, was in the backseat and was found unconscious at the scene. He was flown to CHOP following the crash and succumbed to head and neck injuries on April 10, police said. The crash also injured a Levittown couple.

According to police, the pair was driving home from a party at the popular Bowlero spot, where Colbridge told investigators she had a "few drinks." Colbridge told investigators the last thing she remembers is talking on the phone in a hands-free mode. The next thing she recalls, according to an affidavit of probable cause, is being pulled from the wreckage.

Her blood was drawn upon her arrival to St. Mary hospital. The results revealed her BAC was .168 percent and that she had Clonazepam in her blood, as well as and Meprobamate, a muscle relaxing agent that could further impair the ability to operate a car safety, the affidavit said.

The boy was a third grader at McDonald Elementary and was loved by his friends, teachers and Principal Ortiz, the Centennial School District said in a statement after the crash. "The McDonald Elementary family will forever miss their little McDonald Bulldog," the statement said.

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