Brendan O’ Carroll is donating $50,000 to the family of a baby who miraculously survived his pregnant mother’s death in a car crash last week.
Sarah Paino lost her life in a crash in Australia last Friday but, unbelievably, her unborn baby survived the accident and is in stable condition in hospital.
This is despite being eight weeks premature.
Sarah is also survived by her husband Daniel and their two-year-old son. Both were in the vehicle at the time but escaped with minor injuries.
O’Carroll first heard of the family’s plight when he was appearing on Australian News Show The Project, and offered to make the donation live on air.
The comedian said: “I was really touched by the piece you did about Daniel in Hobart.
“We’re very much a family so if it’s okay with you guys – we as the Brown family would like to donate 50 grand to that fund.
“We’re travelling out to do the show in Hobart and we hope to make you guys smile – but in the meantime Hobart’s been really good to us and we’d want to get a chance to be good back.”
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