Two fundraisers were ongoing on Monday to help support the grieving parents of a boy who died on Friday at the Krome Motocross Park in Miami-Dade County.

Five-year-old Garret “Gary” Leonard was riding a little motorbike as he often did with his family when the driver of a Chevrolet Silverado truck struck him at the motocross park, according to deputies.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel pronounced Garret dead on Friday night at the park at 16665 Krome Ave., and MDSO’s traffic homicide deputies were investigating the cause of the crash.

“We are coming together to support Garret’s family with funeral expenses and to help them navigate the days ahead,” Alejandro Acevedo wrote in a statement published on a GoFundMe page.

Acevedo remembered Gary as a boy “who brought joy to everyone around him, especially within the moto community,” so he also wanted to create “a memorial race in his name” to honor him.

Andrew Stelloh was also fundraising, and his hope was to help Gary’s parents to be able to afford to take time off from work to grieve.

“Garrett was such a sweet young man who loved motocross and was well on his way to becoming a great athlete,” Stelloh wrote in a statement on a GoFundMe page. “He loved to show you how well he could ride his track in the yard at their house. He was such a sweet boy who gave the best little kid hugs with the biggest smile.”

Here are the fundraisers:

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Local 10 News Assignment Editor Carson Merlo contributed to this report.

Fundraisers aim to help grieving parents of 5-year-old boy who died at park in Miami-Dade

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