To Gary Poland

Hi, my name is Liam. I'm friends with Gary Poland, who is a local taxi driver and has been working in Southport for many years. On Monday, 29th July, he picked up a customer who changed everything for Southport. I won't mention the customer's name because he doesn't deserve to have it repeated.

We lost three angels that day, and many more were injured.

Gary, like all of us, is very shocked and upset by what happened. Because he dropped that person off, the police have seized his vehicle for forensics. They cannot give him a release date for the vehicle, but from experience, this process can take anywhere from three weeks to six months or even a year. Once the car is released, he will have to pay the impound fees to retrieve it.

Gary only recently bought the car, so he has car payments to make, along with all the usual bills. He is quite traumatized by what happened and, like everyone involved that day, he thinks he could have done more. However, no one could have known what was going to happen, so he couldn't have done anything differently.

We don't know how long his car will be impounded or how long he will be out of work, so £2,000 is just an estimate of how much he will need. All help is greatly appreciated.