A youth soccer coach dies in a crane accident after his daughter dies from cancer

A Florida youth soccer coach tragically died less than a month after his daughter succumbed to cancer.

Chuck Thomas, Leaders football coach for Dunnellon Tigers Youth Athletics, died Saturday, Jan. 4, following a crane accident while working for a local tree company, ABC affiliate WCJB reported.

According to the website, the father of five and his wife Amber Norrie had recently lost their 16-year-old daughter Vanessa to brain cancer just three weeks earlier.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is currently investigating Thomas’ deathwhich occurred while he was working for Conrad Tree Services, which suffered multiple violations due to the deaths and injuries of other employees, WCJB found.

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According to the recent death, Thomas was admitted to hospital with “severe injuries” and was in intensive care. GoFundMe created for the family.

“Heaven has gained another angel. My brother-in-law Chuck Thomas died. “As you can imagine, this is an incredibly difficult time for all the families who have lost two loved ones just a few weeks apart,” reads the fundraising post created by Sister Norrie.

“Please continue to send prayers to my family as we mourn another tragic loss,” the post continued.

Norrie has not yet returned to work since Vanessa’s death and is caring for her five children on her own, with “no income”.

Currently, $40,000 has been raised for the grieving family of the $8,000 goal.

Norrie said her husband’s heart and liver would be donated and HCA Hospital would organize an honor march for him.

“Our staff, nurses, doctors, residents and support staff are standing in the hallways, and that’s very important because it means the patient is doing well,” trauma and acute care surgeon Sade Garcia-Henry told WCJB.