Picture from the 2014 wedding of Zachary and Jenny Martin, who were severely injured on Sept. 4 in a crash on Route 8 in Penn Township.

Although she was airlifted to Pittsburgh with shattered ribs, partially collapsed lungs, a crushed clavicle and internal bleeding after a T-bone crash on Wednesday on Route 8, the first thing Jenny Martin mentioned through her significant pain was others.

“The first thing she said when talking to us about (the crash) was 'I'm praising the Lord that it was us and not a school bus full of children' because it was the time of morning when kids were going to school,” said her sister, Holly Mead. “That's her heart.”

Mead said Jenny, 28, and her husband, Zachary, 29, were on their way to work as usual on Wednesday morning, when Zachary pulled out from West Airport Road to cross Route 8 so Zach could drop Jenny at her job as the music teacher at Penn Christian Academy on Airport Road.

Unfortunately, a Cadillac driven by Charles Williams, 59, of Butler, was traveling south on Route 8 and smashed into the passenger side of the minivan driven by Zachary Martin.

Police say Williams admitted to using opioids before the crash. Crash reconstruction specialists are working to determine what color the traffic lights were at the time of the crash and whether Williams was speeding.

Because it is expected that the couple, who have no children, will be off work and focusing on recovery for the next several months, Mead and her sisters, Beth Ackleson and Amy Parker,

have set up a fundraiser on GoFundMe.com

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