WEEKEND CRASH VICTIMS MOURNED.Byline: Marci Wormser Staff Writer QUARTZ HILL - Students and staffers at Desert Winds-West Valley High School mourned on Monday the death of a schoolmate and a former schoolmate in a fiery weekend car crash. Killed in the crash early Saturday were Garth garth n. 1. A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters. 2. Archaic A yard, garden, or paddock. [Middle English, enclosed yard, from Old Norse gardhr; see Woodsworth, 16, a Desert Winds-West Valley student; Kyle Smith, 18, a former student; and Jason Allison Jason Paul Allison (born May 29 1975, in North York, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey centre in the NHL, who is currently an unrestricted free agent. Playing career Allison attended Humber Summit Middle School and Emery Collegiate Institute in North York. , 18, a student at Desert Sands Charter School, an independent-study program. ``It's so tragic,'' said Barbra Johnson, vice principal of Desert Winds- West Valley. ``I would say it's a stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. atmosphere. The teachers were pretty upset.'' Allison was celebrating his 18th birthday when his 1990 Ford Mustang For other Ford Mustang models and concepts, see . The Ford Mustang is an automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company, originally based on the Ford Falcon compact.[1] went out of control at a high speed on two-lane Avenue K near 95th Street West. The car hit a utility pole A utility pole, telegraph pole, telephone pole, power pole, or telegraph post is a post or pole upon which telecommunication network equipment is situated. , overturned and caught fire, officials said. Allison's birthday was Friday. An off-duty sheriff's deputy returning home from work pulled Allison from the wreckage. The bodies of the other two teens were found after firefighters extinguished ex·tin·guish tr.v. ex·tin·guished, ex·tin·guish·ing, ex·tin·guish·es 1. To put out (a fire, for example); quench. 2. To put an end to (hopes, for example); destroy. See Synonyms at abolish. 3. the flames. Allison had been attending Desert Sands Charter School since the beginning of the school year. The teen was a student at Lancaster High last year before opting for independent study, Lancaster High officials said. Woodsworth was a junior at Desert Winds and had transferred there from Lancaster High, Johnson said. At Desert Winds, the teen excelled at writing and was told by his English teacher that he was one of the best writers she had ever seen in her teaching career. Smith had attended Desert Winds but left after he turned 18, Johnson said. Many students at Desert Winds did not know about the fatalities until they returned from their weekend break, Johnson said. Most of the approximately 150 students who attend afternoon classes at the West Valley campus know each other, Allison said. Additional counselors were summoned to the continuation school continuation school: see vocational education. Monday morning to help grieving grieving Mourning, see there students, the vice principal said. The therapists will remain on campus to counsel students for as long as they are needed, Johnson said. ``Any time a student passes away, we have more counseling services available for students,'' said Darren Hardy, a psychologist at Lancaster High. The counselors are also made available to grieving teachers, said Desert Winds Principal Sala Simonds. ``It's just really sad,'' Simonds said. ``It's hard for the school to deal with.'' |
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