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Family raising money to bury good Samaritan killed in wreck

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Friends and family are trying to raise money to bury a man hit and killed in a crash in south Charlotte Monday night.

Antonio Thorpe had stopped on Interstate 77 at Westinghouse Boulevard to check on the victims of an SUV-minivan crash.

A tractor-trailer hit and killed Thorpe, police said.

The SUV driver also died in the wreck.

A fundraising website for Thorpe shows people have already donated $2,500 as of Friday morning.

To donate click here.

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