LOCAL 12TH-GRADER KILLED LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN SURVIVES CRASH FATAL TO HER BROTHER.Byline: Karen Maeshiro and Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writers LANCASTER - A 16-year-old Lancaster boy driving to school with his younger sister was fatally injured Tuesday when a sport utility vehicle smashed into their car at an intersection a block from Lancaster High School Lancaster High School may refer to:
Lancaster High senior Tyler Duggins, a member of the school's robotics team, died at Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital two hours after the crash. Thirteen-year-old Whitney Duggins, a freshman in her second week at Lancaster High, was reported in stable condition at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . ``It's just devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. ,'' said high school trustee Donita Winn. ``They are good kids, solid good kids, and the future was lying ahead of (Tyler). He knew what he wanted to do.'' The other motorist had been looking into the rising sun and may have run a red light for Avenue J at 30th Street West, sheriff's deputies said. The SUV slammed into the driver-side door of the 1999 Pontiac that Tyler was driving. Parents and students heading to Lancaster High had to drive past the wreckage from the 6:30 a.m. crash. The other motorist, Susan Atwood, 54, of Palmdale, was taken to Antelope Valley Hospital with what deputies described as minor injuries. The fatal crash came on top of tragedies within the last year for both families, friends said. Atwood's 18-year-old son, Alexander, died after a August 2004 traffic collision in which his Acura compact hit the rear end of a school bus carrying children to school in East Lancaster. The Duggins teens' father, Tom, died in April of a massive heart attack while with his son's robotics team in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. for a competition. The teens' mother, Jacqueline, was driven by her co-workers at Lincoln Elementary School Lincoln Elementary School is the name of numerous schools, with most of them in the U.S. named after President Abraham Lincoln, including:
A friend's father described Tyler as ``a great kid'' who was enthusiastic about everything. ``It's a tragic loss for his family, for his school and his community. Tyler was a great friend to everybody. He was a hard worker. Not only that - he was just recovering from the loss of his father,'' said Greg Tepe, a Lancaster School District Lancaster School District may refer to:
Tepe said Tyler and his father, Tom, got close through robotics. The boy was hoping to follow in the footsteps of his father, a welder and mechanic who worked at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , Tepe said. ``He cleaned out his dad's garage and got out his dad's welding equipment,'' Tepe said. ``They were a really close family. When the dad died, they pulled together to be even closer, and Tyler took on the role of being a father. ``We are deeply shocked and sorry for this tragic event. We want to stand around the family and support them in their time of need. We are going to miss Tyler. He's going to be deeply missed among all of us.'' Tyler's death was the second in four days of a local high school student. On Friday night, Evan Ames, 16, of Lake Hughes died when an SUV in which he was riding ran off Lake Hughes Road Hughes Road is an arterial road in South Mumbai linking Opera House with Kemps Corner. To the left is Malabar Hill. and plunged 150 feet down a slope, tossing him out. Driver Paul Ames, 20, told investigators he swerved to avoid an animal in the road. Paul Ames and passenger Ryan Villavicencio, 17, of Lake Hughes were flown to a hospital. After Tuesday's crash, the Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County. The district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in the cities of Palmdale sent a crisis intervention crisis intervention Psychiatry The counseling of a person suffering from a stressful life event–eg, AIDS, cancer, death, divorce, by providing mental and moral support. See Hotline. team with counselors from other campuses to Lancaster High to talk with students. Winn said former Lancaster High staffers who transferred this year to newly opened Eastside High returned to Lancaster High to see if they could be of any help. Many of them knew Tyler, Winn said. Both Duggins teens were wearing seat belts, but the impact on the driver's door was too great for Tyler to survive, deputies said. ``In this case, it wouldn't have made much difference,'' a sheriff's sergeant said. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 257-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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