BABYLON, NY — Long Island pizzerias are teaming up Wednesday to raise money for the victims of a fatal crash in West Babylon.
Long Island Pizza Strong announced that 195 restaurants are participating in the fundraiser in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
The organization says $5 from every pizza sold on Wednesday, October 23 will go towards helping the victims’ families.
Earlier this month, the group announced plans for a fundraiser, similar to the one for the victims of the School bus crash in Farmingdale and the family of fallen NYPD Det. Jonathan Diller.
Organizers say they have raised $102,000 for the bus crash victims and $181,500 for the Diller family.
View the full list of participating locations here.
Teenagers killed in crash in West Babylon
The September 21 crash in West Babylon left three people dead, three others injured and several communities shocked.
Bella Trezza, 17, was behind the wheel of a car with four other teenagers when they were hit by another vehicle. Her passenger, 18-year-old Riley Goot, was killed, as was Trezza died a few days later in hospital.
Police said the 33-year-old driver who ran a red light before crashing into them also died.
Trezza’s 18-year-old brother, Austin, was injured in the crash, along with 18-year-old Jack Murphy and 16-year-old Anthony Pagliuca.
Her family later donated her organs and helped save the lives of three people from New York City, Massachusetts and Maryland.
“Two women in their 30s received her kidneys and a man in his 60s received her liver, all saved by Bella’s act of grace and her family’s decision to say yes to donation. These three recipients and Bella will now live on” , LiveOnNY president and CEO Leonard Achan said at the time.
