KEENE, NH – A Keene State College student has died due to injuries she sustained in a crash in Stoddard early Thursday morning.

According to a news release from New Hampshire State police last week, Kelsey Mayer, 18, of Concord was driving her 2016 Chevrolet Cruz westbound on Route 9 near a logging site between the junctions of Route 123 North and 123 South around 4:45 last Thursday morning when she collided with a tractor trailer that way in the roadway preparing to back into the logging site.

Mayer and her passenger, Allison Yanksi, 19, also of concord and also a Keene State College student were trapped in their vehicle and had to be extricated.

Yanski was transported to Cheshire Medical Center with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, while Mayer was taken to Concord Hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the tractor trailer, Donald Warner, 44, of Antrim was uninjured in the crash.

In an email to the college community on Sunday, Keene State College President Dr. Melinda Treadwell announced that Mayer had succumbed to her injuries sustained in the crash. Yanski had been release from the hospital and is recovering at home.

“Our thoughts, of course, are with Kelsey’s family, with Allison and her family, and with those Keene State individuals who have been most impacted by this tragedy,” Treadwell said in the email.

“At Keene State, we are there for one another during difficult times. Lean into community for strength and comfort, and do not forget to be kind with yourself and understanding and kind to others as we all do our best to make sense of circumstances beyond our control.”

According to the Keene State Athletics Department’s website, Mayer was a freshman at the school, and played on the women’s soccer team this past fall.

“Kelsey had the ability to make everyone laugh both on and off of the field,” the statement said. “She brightened up every room she walked into with the constant smile she had on her face, and always gave 100% in everything she did.”

A GoFundMe campaign was launched Saturday by Mayer’s aunt, which as of lunchtime on Monday had raised nearly $70,000 of it’s $100,000 goal.

“The world is a lot dimmer as we have lost a huge light in our lives,” Mayer’s aunt Jen Albino wrote on the page. ”

In an update on Sunday, Albino said Mayer’s zest for life will live on.

“In true Kelsey fashion she was a registered organ donor. All of her organs are going to people around the country saving so many lives and blessing so many families from feeling the pain of losing their loved one,” the update said. “Her love of life will live on in every one of these people. This is exactly the gift Kelsey would have hoped for.”

Treadwell also said in her letter to the community that the Wellness Center was open for a couple of hours on Sunday and is open regular hours today, and the school’s 24/7 counselor on call is also available at 603-358-2436.

The school will share information about services when the Mayer Family makes that announcement.