GoFundMe page for orphan girl, 11, involved in fireball crash in West Yorkshire raises £171,000 as family friend thanks generous donators By Eirian Jane Prosser and Rory Tingle and Mark Branagan and Tracey Kandohla Published: 23:37 BST, 22 July 2024 | Updated: 23:42 BST, 22 July 2024 e-mail View comments A GoFundMe page for an 11-year-old girl who was left orphaned after her family died in a horrific fireball crash in West Yorkshire has raised more than £171,000 within hours. Shane Roller, his partner Shannen Morgan and their youngest daughters Rubie, nine, and Lillie, four, died when their Ford Focus collided with a motorbike just before 4pm on Sunday. The motorbike was allegedly driving on the wrong side of the road before the fatal collision that also killed the bike driver and its passenger on the A61 between Barnsley and Wakefield.
The eldest daughter of the family, named locally as Poppie, had been playing at a friend's house at the time of the tragedy after choosing not to go on a walk with them that afternoon, a friend revealed today. Paul Hepple, 37, had agreed to look after Poppie after getting a phone call from her mother saying she did not want to join them on a walk. Shane Roller, his partner Shannen Morgan, and their children Lillie and Rubie died when their Ford Focus crashed into a motorbike.
Their third daughter's face is obscured in this picture A GoFundMe page has now been set up to pay for their surviving daughter's education, emotional support and futur.