{"id":223365,"date":"2026-04-08T12:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/223365\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T12:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:56:07","slug":"doral-charter-school-students-identified-after-dying-in-car-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/223365\/","title":{"rendered":"Doral charter school students identified after dying in car crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">DORAL, Fla.  \u2014 Two students have been identified after they were killed in a car crash Tuesday evening in Doral.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The boyfriend and girlfriend, who attended Downtown Doral Charter Upper School, were identified in an email sent to families by Ms. Acevedo-Isenberg, Head of Schools at Downtown Doral Charter Schools, as Mateo D\u00e1vila, 17, and Alessia Tucci, 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cOur entire community is mourning this unimaginable loss, and our thoughts and prayers are with their families, friends, our faculty, and staff at our elementary school and certainly our upper school, where they currently attended,\u201d Acevedo-Isenberg wrote in the email. \u201cBoth students deeply loved their school, their teachers, their coaches, and their peers, leaving a lasting impact on everyone who knew them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to police, the teens were in a Kia sedan when it veered off the roadway and crashed into a pole at about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/traffic\/2026\/04\/07\/police-2-dead-after-crash-in-doral\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/traffic\/2026\/04\/07\/police-2-dead-after-crash-in-doral\/\">6 p.m. along Northwest 87th Avenue, near 54th Street.<\/a> They did not specify who was driving. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office Detective Argemis \u201cAC\u201d Colome said the car became engulfed in flames after the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel pronounced both students dead at the scene. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Shortly after the crash, dozens gathered at the site to mourn the victims. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt was, like, a big shock to everyone because it could happen so quickly,\u201d a student named Alexandra told Local 10 News. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI was in disbelief. I didn\u2019t want to believe it,\u201d another student, Ruben Abreu, said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Abreu said he has known D\u00e1vila since first grade and the news of this has been heartbreaking. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cHe was just a jolly person. He would never let, like, bad things bring him down,\u201d Abreu said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Acevedo-Isenberg said in her email that grief counselors will be available on campus in the coming days for any students or staff who want to speak with someone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe recognize that this news is difficult to process. We encourage parents to talk openly with their children and monitor their well-being. If you have concerns about how your child is coping, or if you feel they need additional support, please do not hesitate to contact our counseling department,\u201d Acevedo-Isenberg said. \u201cThank, you, gracias, obrigada, and merci. We unite as a Dolphin family during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MDSO traffic homicide detectives are investigating the cause of the fatal crash.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DORAL, Fla. \u2014 Two students have been identified after they were killed in a car crash Tuesday evening&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-223365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}