Afghan Immigrant Family Receives Community Support After 4-Year-Old Daughter Critically Injured in Knoxville Crash

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WOKI / WVLT) – An Afghan immigrant family is receiving an outpouring of support from the Knoxville community after their 4-year-old daughter was critically injured in a crash outside the family’s food truck business Wednesday night.

The Center for English and Integration Services, based at West Lonsdale Baptist Church, has worked with the family for the past four years and quickly mobilized support after learning of the incident.

Cayla Graner, a childcare coordinator with the center, said she immediately recognized the family when reports of the crash emerged…

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