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- A 92-year-old woman died, and her son was injured in a St. George crash.
- Virginia Fisher is remembered by family as happy and joyful.
- The family set up a GoFundMe to assist with legal, funeral and recovery costs.
ST. GEORGE — The family of a 92-year-old mother and grandmother is mourning her death after she was hit while standing on a sidewalk.
It happened near the intersection of Mall Drive and Red Cliffs Drive on Tuesday. The crash left two people broken and bleeding on the lawn of a Wells Fargo bank.
Police called the crash a courtesy trap collision. They said a driver waiting to turn left was waved through the intersection by an oncoming vehicle. But that driver did not check all lanes of traffic, leading to a T-bone crash that barreled off the road and into the victims.
Dallas Richardson said that the mistake seriously injured his uncle, Darin Fisher and killed his grandmother Virginia Fisher.
Richardson said his uncle Darin Fisher acted as caretaker for his mother, Virginia Fisher. They were running errands when the collision occurred.
"That day, it was just another walk to the mall to go shopping," Richardson said. "They just got off the bus, and he was just getting her walker for her."
He said they had no time to react when a silver sedan came driving toward them.
"His head hits the windshield, it goes into the windshield, and then it carries them, like, 25 feet," Richardson said. "She had everything broken that you could imagine. Her shoulder, eight ribs were broken. Her legs got just destroyed because the car hit her legs first."
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"It's stapled across his whole head," he said.
Richardson said his grandma died a couple of days after the collision.
"Her body just couldn't take the amount of damage," he said. "My sister was there, and she was talking to my grandma and just telling her, 'Hey, Dallas and Christian — they can't be here, but they say that they love you.' And she said that my grandma had tears in her eyes hearing that. And then she was squeezing my sister's hand pretty hard."
He'll remember her as his Disneyland grandma. She worked for the parks for years.
"I feel like she kind of embodied that type of spirit, like just always happy and joyful," Richardson said.
Richardson said he wishes she could've lived to meet his baby, who is due soon.
He's looking back on memories with his 5-foot-tall, fragile yet funny grandmother.
"She could have lived another 10 years," he said.
Richardson said Darin Fisher could lose his home. He was living with his mom at an assisted living facility.
The family has set up a GofundMe* to help him, and to help with legal and funeral fees.
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