Students and faculty at Sierra Canyon School are mourning the loss of a student who died in a car accident Thursday morning, the private school confirmed.<\/p>\n
After learning of the accident, the school canceled all events for the day. The details of the crash have not been officially confirmed. <\/p>\n
Sierra Canyon, a small private school, is known for its close-knit community. Many on campus said they knew the student and remembered him as bright, athletic, and kind.<\/p>\n
Marquis Johnson, a freshman at Sierra Canyon, said the student who died had taken him under his wing. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe was a great guy, athletic, very smart, intelligent, and he just cared about you,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cI\u2019ve barely known him for about six months, but honestly, we felt like we were brothers. I was crying for at least 20 minutes. It was just horrible. All of our events got canceled today.\u201d<\/p>\n
The school sent a statement to students confirming the loss:<\/p>\n
“It is with a very heavy heart that I share the tragic news that a student of our Upper Campus community died earlier this morning in a car accident,\u201d the statement read in part. \u201cMy deepest sympathies are with the family as they navigate an unimaginable loss, and I know our entire community will join me in holding them in our thoughts and prayers. Out of respect for the family\u2019s privacy, we will not be sharing additional details.\u201d<\/p>\n
The statement also said the school\u2019s wellness director will be on campus Friday to support students who may need extra assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Students and faculty at Sierra Canyon School are mourning the loss of a student who died in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[27732,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":{"0":"post-164891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-chatsworth","9":"tag-la","10":"tag-la-headlines","11":"tag-la-news","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","14":"tag-los-angeles-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}