Fundraiser created for Pullman firefighter injured in head-on collision

A GoFundMe has raised nearly $10,000 for a Pullman firefighter who was injured in a semi-truck crash Monday.

Pita Lopez, 23, was driving home to Spokane after finishing a 48-hour shift with the Pullman Fire Department when she was seriously injured in a head-on collision on U.S. Highway 195 north of Rosalia.

Lopez underwent 10 hours of surgery for life-threatening injuries. She sustained femur fractures, tibia and fibula fractures, internal bleeding, orbital fractures and other injuries in the crash.

The fundraiser’s goal is to garner $20,000 that will help pay for medical and rehabilitation expenses, as well as other costs for Lopez’s recovery.

The public can donate at gofund.me/32ead694.