Yankton,SC : South Dakota community offers family support after car crash on November, Saturday 18th 2017

It’s been shown time and time again that the Yankton community steps up whenever tragedy befalls one of its own.

A recent car crash that seriously injured four people is no exception.

In early October, a two-vehicle accident injured three members of a Yankton family: Matt and Tessa Hoefs and their 11-year old daughter, Tori Hansen. Tessa sustained a broken collarbone with Matt having a few broken ribs. Tori who, despite wearing a seatbelt, was thrown from the vehicle — sustained the most serious injuries, which included a broken arm and leg.

The accident happened on a Sunday morning while the family was driving to Sioux Falls for Tori’s softball tournament. A member of the Yankton Gazelles White, the team was set to play a game that would determine their placing first or second in the overall tournament.

“But they chose to play and fight for Tori because that’s what she would have wanted,” Taylor’s mother, Becky, added.

The team placed second that day and quickly went about attempting to make Tori feel better by signing get-well cards and softballs for her and sending them to her hospital room, the Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan reported .

When Tessa and Matt returned home, a list was set up of people to take turns delivering meals to the family as they recovered. Taylor recently took over a Halloween bag with coloring books for Tori, who just came home from the hospital and hasn’t returned to school since the accident.

“The community has really come together for them,” Becky remarked.

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South Dakota community offers family support after car crash