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Tree that fell on an RV in a Haughton, Louisiana, mobile home park on Saturday, April 14, killing a 2-year-old girl.(Photo: Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office)Members of the Bossier Parish community are working to support the family of Carly Ortiz, a 2-year-old child who died early Saturday morning when a tree fell on an RV where she slept in Haughton.Severe storms moved through the Shreveport-Bossier area late Friday night and early Saturday morning, causing widespread damage. The tree fell around 12:45 a.m. on the Ortiz family’s recreational vehicle in the Hill Crest Mobile Home & RV Park on Highway 80 in Haughton.The Ortiz family had moved to that spot in the trailer park about two weeks ago, neighbors Antonio and Marissa Cruz told The Times on Saturday.Many people who live in the park are affiliated with horse racing, they said. Harrah's Louisiana Downs Casino and Racetrack is about a mile and a half from the mobile home park.More: 'She kept screaming her baby was stuck': Tree crushes 1-year-old in bedOrtiz’s father is an exercise rider — someone who rides racehorses in workouts, said Shelli Briery, sponsorship, advertising and public relations manager with Louisiana Downs.“Harrah’s Louisiana Downs is working with the Racetrack Chaplaincy to provide support on a large scale for the Ortiz family. Our thoughts and prayers are with this family as they continue to deal with this tragedy,” Briery said. “The horse racing community is strong, caring and loving. Everyone is working together for the Ortiz family.”Briery said those wishing to help the Ortiz family can make donations to Winner’s Circle Church, P.O. Box 157, Princeton, LA, 71067. Make checks payable to Winner’s Circle Church (Re: Ortiz Family).In addition, two different GoFundMe online fundraisers that state they are raising funds for the Ortiz family have cumulatively raised more than $22,000 as of Monday afternoon.“We have (two) GoFundMe accounts set up,” one of the fundraiser pages states. “Both accounts are going straight to the parents, Amaniel and Delfa Ortiz.”Emergency work... (Shreveport Times)