BEAUFORT COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A 12-year-old Bear Grass Charter School student, who lives in Beaufort County, is inspiring his community after donating his entire fishing tournament prize money to the family of a motorcycle crash victim.

Caleb Woolard gave all $90 of his winnings from the Belhaven Trout Tournament to the family of Brandon Batchler, who was killed in a motorcycle crash on Oct. 10 in Beaufort County . Batchler hit a deer on Pungo Creek Road outside of Belhaven.

“We felt bad and had to help him,” Caleb said. “I thought if I won this tournament, I should donate my winnings to him.”

The young boy was passing by the crash scene with his dad and stopped to learn about the family Batchler had left behind. Batchler had a wife and a 7-month-old daughter, which Caleb said he imm

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