Family mourning loved one and gathering funeral funds for crash victim

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Debris from a car mishap and 3 azygous roses connected this Visalia backroad people the spot wherever Richard Musselman took his past breath.

"Richard was killed instantly. This is simply a calamity for the full family.. With Richard's beingness being taken, futures shattered, disrupted is an understatement," says Janine Murch, who is Richard's sister successful law.

Richard was driving his woman location from a displacement astatine The Olive Bar successful Visalia.

He was minutes distant erstwhile the unthinkable happened.

A antheral driving a Honda veered into the southbound lane of Road 140, adjacent Avenue 266, and crashed head-on with Richard's Nissan.

Richard died astatine the scene... his woman Tess sustained large injuries..

"She can't walk, she is successful implicit agony, she's location but she's not mobile, truthful that's rough," explains Janine.

Family says Richard and Tess had an unbreakable bond..

"They conscionable emotion to beryllium social. It was truly amusive being with them, they were similar the amusive aunt and uncle that conscionable liked to bent out," expresses Ace Brown, Richard and Tess' niece.

Richard was 70 and afloat of life

"Richard utilized to bash everything for Tess, helium was the hubby that did the market shopping, laundry, enactment substance successful the car, helium was conscionable that truly dependable hubby and present that's been ripped from Tess, she's astatine a loss, a unspeakable loss," mentions Janine.

The antheral operator of the Honda was arrested connected suspicion of DUI, but the California Highway Patrol says it turns retired the operator was nether the ineligible limit.

But the wounded is inactive large for the family.

"The calamity of it each and present the load of losing Richard, and present determination is this unthinkable fiscal load of the ceremonial services," expresses Janine.

Richard and Tess were redeeming wealth for a bully meal connected their wedding day aboriginal this month.

Now alternatively of celebrating a milestone together, Tess volition person to navigate beingness without her hubby of 27 years.

The household has acceptable up a GoFundMe leafage to assistance with ceremonial expenses they accidental thing helps.

That nexus tin beryllium recovered here.

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