Nearly $3m raised for Waukesha Christmas parade victims

About 7,000 donors from all US states and 12 countries contributed $1.8m to a community fund and over $1m raised under GoFundMe

Nearly $3m has been raised for victims of the Waukesha Christmas parade incident, in which a car plowed into the crowd in the Wisconsin city earlier this month, killing six people and injuring more than 60.

About 7,000 donors from all 50 US states and 12 countries have contributed $1.8m to the United for Waukesha Community Fund, organizers said. The largest donor was General Electric, giving $100,000. According to the Waukesha County Community Foundation, Kohl's, the Walbec group and American Family Insurance Dreams Foundation each donated $50,000.