Business & Real Estate

Dutch Bros. Coffee raises $4,540 for Granite Bay crash victims


Kendra Langham and Mathew Beardwitt worked at a Taco Bell restaurant in Granite Bay. Langham and Beardwitt, both 18, died along with Matthew Azar, 20, early Saturday after a collision with a driver heading the wrong way on Interstate 80.
Kendra Langham and Mathew Beardwitt worked at a Taco Bell restaurant in Granite Bay. Langham and Beardwitt, both 18, died along with Matthew Azar, 20, early Saturday after a collision with a driver heading the wrong way on Interstate 80. Courtesy of Nancy Fernandez

The Dutch Bros. Coffee drive-thru kiosk in Granite Bay said it raised $4,540 for the families of three young adults who died Jan. 10 when their vehicle was hit by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 80.

The families of Matthew Azar, 20; Kendra Langham, 18; and Mathew Beardwitt, 18, will each receive $1,513.

Mattie Place, co-owner of the Granite Bay Dutch Bros. outlet, said in a statement that Azar was a daily customer, “someone we all got to know, and he had been coming through since day one.” She also noted that Langham and Beardwitt worked nearby.

The Dutch Bros. location, at 8663 Auburn Folsom Road, donated proceeds from all its sales on Monday, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Call The Bee’s Mark Glover, (916) 321-1184.

This story was originally published January 20, 2015 at 7:00 AM with the headline "Dutch Bros. Coffee raises $4,540 for Granite Bay crash victims."

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