Support Pours In For Family Of Central Mass Man Killed In Needham Wreck

Nearly 150 people have donated to help the family of a Worcester County man who was killed in an early morning crash earlier this week, leaving behind a wife and three young children.

A friend has created a GoFundMe to raise $75,000 for the family of a Fiskdale man who was killed in a wreck earlier this week. He leaves behind these three children and a wife.
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Josh Lanier

05/02/2024 5:55 p.m.

Dylan Chaves, 31, of Fiskdale, was killed just after 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 30, when he lost control of his pick-up truck and turned into on-coming traffic on I-95 South in Needham, State Police said. The vehicle went perpendicular on the wet roadway, and he was T-boned by a driver from Nashua, New Hampshire.

The other driver was taken to an area hospital with serious but non-life-threatening wounds, troopers said.

Original Report: Police ID Driver Killed In Needham Wreck

Chaves was a husband and father. A friend has created a GoFundMe to help raise money to care for them.

Please this family needs help ... this is so tragic...no one wants to lose a loved one but for 3 little children to lose their dad... a dad that would do anything for anyone... let's keep showing our support for this family....

The campaign has raised nearly $13,500 of its $75,000 goal in a day.

Click here for more information on the fundraiser.

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