LAFAYETTE, Colo. (KDVR) — Friends and community members are rallying around a Commerce City couple recovering from serious injuries after their car was hit head-on last week.

Jesika and Shawn Ortiz have spent the past week in the hospital following the crash, which happened at the intersection of East 120th Avenue and Sable Boulevard on Sept. 30. The couple was driving home from their daughter’s high school softball game when their car was hit by a GMC Sierra.

According to the Colorado State Patrol, the driver of the GMC Sierra rear-ended another vehicle before colliding with the Ortiz’s car. The driver of the Sierra died at the scene, and a child in the vehicle suffered minor injuries.

The night of the crash, Jesika Ortiz underwent emergency surgery for lacerations to her small intesti

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