Miguel Coss-Morales, 17, of Calumet City, died Sunday after a car he was driving crashed into a tree in unincorporated Thornton Township, according to the Cook County sheriff’s police.

Police said officers responded to 183rd Street and a frontage road along Illinois Route 394, outside Lansing, at about 7:15 p.m. Sunday, finding a Toyota Camry had struck a tree in a wooded area.

The driver, Coss-Morales, was immediately taken to UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

A GoFundMe organized by Coss-Morales’ family to pay for funeral costs had gathered more than $10,000 as of Thursday morning.

“As we are going through the terrible loss of our son Miguel, who was involved in an accident and lost his life, we are living in a very difficult situation,” the description of the fundraiser said in Spanish. “But with each little bit of help, we can bury and say goodbye to this great person who accompanied us for the 17 years of life he had.”

Coss-Morales’ family did not respond to requests for comment.

Police said Tuesday the crash investigation is ongoing.

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