A seventh grader mowed down by a driver in Sunnyvale, California remains in a coma, reports American Bazaar.
Dhriti Narayan was the most seriously injured of eight people prosecutors say were intentionally struck by motorist Isaiah Peoples who thought they were Muslim.
A Go Fund Me page has raised more than $600,000 for Narayan’s medical bills.
“We, friends of Dhriti’s family, who were touched by her and her family’s caring and helpful nature, are actively working with family members and other friends along with appropriate organizations and organizing this fund raising campaign to support the family at this difficult time. The beneficiaries of this campaign will be Dhriti’s father ‘Rajesh Narayan’ and her mother,” her friends wrote on Go Fund Me.
“This tragic and disturbing news comes at a month when reported hate crimes have been at an all-time high,” the South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) wrote in a newsletter about the incident, according to American Bazaar. “In April alone, SAALT tracked 10 incidents of hate violence and 6 instances of xenophobic political rhetoric.”
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