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Pastor Peter Teh of Port Moody Pacific Grace MB Church said Thursday that a fake GoFundMe account that closely duplicated one that launched Saturday has been shut down.

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Teh did not know if anyone had donated to the second site.

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He said he was not surprised, however, by the groundswell of support for , which aims to raise $100,000 for Cheung香蕉视频直播檚 wife and three children.

As of Thursday afternoon, more than $90,000 had been donated.

It was launched, Teh said, in response to the number of requests to help.

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Cheung was the breadwinner for his family, and popular with his congregation, Teh said.

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Teh said the pastor had travelled to the states to pick up some books on May 2, the day of the crash.

He died around 11:30 a.m., after a Porsche Cayenne SUV slammed into the Toyota Sienna van he was driving in the northbound-approach lanes of the Douglas (Peace Arch) border. The vehicles came to rest in a garden that adorns the Peace Arch Park median, and the van burst into flames.

A Washington State man was arrested at the scene, and police announced the following day that he had been released in consultation with the BC Prosecution Service. No further updates have been issued.

Teh, who described Cheung as a friend of more than 20 years, said Cheung香蕉视频直播檚 family only got confirmation from police Wednesday that DNA testing had positively identified their patriarch as the crash victim, 香蕉视频直播渟o they are going through a hard time today,香蕉视频直播� he said.

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A service has not yet been planned.