Mississauga golfer and teammate ‘stable’ after deadly crash; GoFundMe efforts near $180K

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Published March 17, 2022 at 6:55 pm

A GoFund campaign created to support Dayton Price, the teenaged Mississauga golfer who was critically injured in a deadly crash two days ago in Texas, has already surpassed $100,000.

Another GoFundMe effort initiated to support Hayden Underhill, Price’s University of the Southwest golf teammate who is from Amherstview, Ont., has topped $65,000. The two are recovering in hospital following a deadly crash in Texas on Tuesday between a pickup truck and a van carrying their team.

Nine people were killed in the crash. Price and Underhill are now considered “stable.”

University of the Southwest Provost Ryan Tipton says the 19-year-old Price and 20-year-old Underhill are “recovering and every day making more and more progress” following Tuesday’s crash.

The GoFundMe page for Price, who golfs at Mississauga Golf and Country Club, at says that he suffered third-degree burns during the crash. The funds will help his family “as they will be incurring travel, lodging, medical and other expenses that they were not prepared for.” At this writing, $112,495 has been raised.

The page for Underhill lists $66,250 in donations as of 6:45 p.m. on Thursday. It notes that his family will “face travel, lodging, meals, medical, and many other unknown expenses.” Underhill is a membrer of Cataraqui Golf and Country Club in Kingston.

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Hamilton golf star Hughes chipping in

Mackenzie Hughes, the PGA Tour player who hails from the village of Dundas in Hamilton, said he will be donating to help the Prices and Underhills with care and recovery. Hughes said that starting Friday, he will donate $500 for every birdie he makes in competition.

Southwest’s golf team was coming home from a tournament in a van that collided head-on with a pickup truck. Six members of the New Mexico college’s golf team died in the collision, as did a coach.

A 38-year-old man and a 13-year-old boy from the pickup truck — which authorities allege crossed into the opposite lane on a darkened, two-lane highway — also died.

University of the Southwest is located in Hobbs, New Mexico.

— with files from The Canadian Press

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