Family friend creates YouCaring page to assist the Diller family

A YouCaring page has been set up to assist Inspire Promotions co-founder and former Sam Houston State University football player, Trey Diller, of The Woodlands with medical expenses incurred since he was airlifted to University Hospital in San Antonio last week.

The Trey Diller Recovery and Medical Fund page has raised $11,467 of a $15,000 goal with the help of 152 donors to assist Diller who has been recovering from a traumatic brain injury he suffered during a tragic fatal car crash in Luling July 14. Trey has been released from ICU and is receiving treatment at TIRR in the Heights, according to his mother Laura Diller Saturday. He may be transferred to TIRR in the Woodlands on Monday, she said.

"Each day brings new hope and healing and without all of the prayer warriors keeping Trey covered, none of this would be possible," Laura Diller said. "We are so blessed to have the support from family and freinds as well as prayers from people we don't event know."

While Trey is alert and walking, he still requires around-the-clock care due to his injuries and is having some challenges with comprehension and memory and walking, which may require assistance for weeks to months to come, according to Trey's mother Laura Diller and Bohuslav.

"The Diller family and Trey are always the first ones to help others and now it is there time of need so we want to come together and support them like they have already supported us," said the YouCaring Page creator Stefanie Bohuslav of The Woodlands who has known the family for 25 years as a neighbor and friend.

Before the crash, Trey Diller was riding in the passenger's seat of his late brother's truck on his way from The Woodlands to float the Guadalupe River with friends. His friend, U.S. Army veteran Justin Hartley, also of The Woodlands, was driving when the truck collided with a truck tractor towing a trailer. Hartley was killed in the crash, according the Department of Public Safety.

Memorial services were held Tuesday in Magnolia for Hartley, 26, who Bohuslav shared was born in Michigan, enlisted at the age of 17, and served overseas in Afghanistan.

"His parents were kind," Bohuslav shared about Hartley's family during the services. "They were asking about the Diller family and how they could help."

A GoFundMe page was created by Tessa Diller, Trey's sister, to help pay for the costs of Hartley's funeral expenses. The page raised $4,425 of $5,000 goal with the help of 74 people by Saturday afternoon. However, Justin's funeral was covered by the military, so his family donated the GoFundMe account back to Trey to help with his therapy sessions.

"They felt that is what Justin would have wanted," Laura Diller said. "It was very generous."

Chick-fil-A off Sawdust Road also donated food to both the Hartley and Diller family. Hundreds of people have posted on social media and both of the pages offering love and support to the families both saddened by the tragedy and moved to help.

"It was heartbreaking to hear about it," Conroe resident and childhood friend Michael Shackelford said. "He already had a tragedy losing his brother about a year ago. I would encourage anybody that knows Trey and knows the type of person he is, to help him and his family to take care of all these medical costs."

"Trey's the type person that would you give you the shirt off his back," he added. "Even when I came back he was still just the same as if he never changed. I have a lot of respect for everything he has done. He's a good, God-caring man."

For more information about assisting with Diller's medical costs visit www.youcaring.com/treydiller-880079