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Fundraiser Tuesday for Family Hit by Wrong Way Driver on Route 52

The Santee Chilis restaurant will donate a portion of each order to Taylor Cunningham and Family when you bring the flier on Tuesday.

A fundraiser is being held for the victims of the most recent wrong way car crash on Route 52 at the Santee Chili's restaurant on Mission Gorge Road all day Tuesday.

Taylor Cunningham, her mother and two sisters were hit by a wrong way drunk driver on Route 52 just more than a week ago. Taylor currently holds the title of Miss San Diego's Outstanding Teen. The fundraiser has been organized by the Miss San Diego Cities Pageant in conjunction with the Miss San Diego Pageant and Scholarship Association.

Chili's will donate a portion of all orders (dine in and take out) for parties who bring in the attached filer in support of Taylor Cunningham and Family.

"The pageant community will be in full force today to support their friend
and her family until she makes a full recovery."

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A 30-year-old Santee man was suspected of drunken driving drove the wrong way on state Route 52 and caused the head-on crash, killing himself and sending the Cunninghams to area hospitals -- all with major injuries.

A press release from Miss San Diego Cities Pageant contributed to this report.

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