Family thankful for support after Tina Tintor’s car crash death

Support for the household of Tina Tintor has been generous since the 23-year-old and her canine Max were killed aboriginal Tuesday greeting successful a fiery clang aft her conveyance was deed by erstwhile Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs successful Las Vegas.

A GoFundMe page created by the household had received much than $88,000 successful donations from astir 2,300 donors arsenic of Sunday evening. The archetypal extremity was $7,000.

“Our household is truthful grateful for the outpouring of emotion and enactment we person received,” the leafage states. “Many radical person asked astir a GoFundMe leafage and determination whitethorn beryllium different pages made successful Tina’s name. Those pages are not from our family. This leafage is managed by Tina’s household and your donations volition beryllium utilized to assistance with expenses related to her passing.

“Our lives were changed everlastingly erstwhile Tina passed distant alongside Max connected the greeting of November 2, 2021,” the leafage continues. “Those who knew Tina cognize that she was a beauteous loving psyche that ever enactment everyone earlier herself. Whether she knew you oregon not, Tina was the benignant of idiosyncratic that would springiness you the nutrient disconnected of her sheet to marque definite you weren’t hungry. Tina was the enarthrosis to outcry on, the receptor that made you felt heard, and the affable grin you needed erstwhile you made a atrocious joke. From our hearts to yours, we convey you for reasoning of Tina and Max, and we truly admit your support.”

A vigil Friday evening adjacent the clang scene drew family, friends, erstwhile coworkers and strangers. Tintor had worked for Target and was an aspiring machine programmer.

“She was a force to beryllium reckoned with successful the champion imaginable way,” Mia Galvan, a precocious schoolhouse friend, recalled connected Friday, 3 days aft Tintor was killed. “She was ne'er acrophobic to beryllium herself. She ne'er grew retired of that.”

Services for Tintor person not been made public.

Las Vegas constabulary said Ruggs, 22, was traveling 156 mph successful his Corvette conscionable 2 seconds earlier striking Tintor’s Toyota Rav4 connected South Rainbow Boulevard astir 3:40 a.m.

Bystanders tried to propulsion her and her canine from the burning car, but she was trapped and could not escape.

Ruggs and woman and rider Rudy Washington suffered superior injuries successful the crash.

Ruggs was released by the Raiders aboriginal successful the day.

He was released connected $150,000 bail a day aft the clang and returned to his $1.1 cardinal residence located astir 3 miles from Tintor’s location a fewer miles westbound of the Strip.

The erstwhile University of Alabama prima faces four felony charges and a misdemeanor charge successful the DUI accident.

The Raiders mislaid 23-16 to the Giants successful New York connected Sunday to headdress a turbulent week.

Contact Marvin Clemons astatine mclemons@reviewjournal.com. Follow @Marv_in_Vegas connected Twitter.