{"id":425157,"date":"2026-10-11T23:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T23:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425157\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T23:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T23:40:08","slug":"treasure-coast-high-school-student-struck-by-suv-remembered-through-organ-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425157\/","title":{"rendered":"Treasure Coast High School student struck by SUV remembered through organ donation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014  The 14-year-old Treasure Coast High School student <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/14-year-old-pedestrian-dies-days-after-being-hit-by-suv-near-sw-port-st-lucie-blvd-florida-news-florida-update-local-news-teen-hit-by-suv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">struck by an SUV last week<\/a> will be honored through organ donation by his grieving family. <\/p>\n<p>According to an update released Sunday by the Port St. Lucie Police Department, the teenager was pronounced deceased on Friday, shortly after 4 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>2nd UPDATE 14-YEAR-OLD TCHS student to be honored family chooses organ donation PDF previewPreview PDF<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"PdfEmbed_downloadLink__tZFvP\" href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/resources\/pdf\/c7238141-e09a-470a-90c4-abcf73103775-2ndUPDATE14YEAROLDTCHSstudenttobehonoredfamilychoosesorgandonation.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">View PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The crash occurred on the morning of Wednesday near the intersection of SW Port St. Lucie Boulevard and SW Squirrel Avenue.   In the wake of the tragedy, the family chose organ donation to help others in need and keep their son&#8217;s legacy alive, offering hope and healing to other families. <\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/brevard-county-sheriffs-agent-killed-in-wrong-way-crash-while-responding-to-shooting-brevard-county-sheriffs-office-kevin-morris-agent-kevin-morris-brevard-county-i-95-crash-wrong-way-driver-fatal-crash-mims-florida-state-road-46-florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brevard County sheriff\u2019s agent killed in wrong-way crash while responding to shooting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Treasure Coast High School is providing grief counseling for students and staff mourning their classmate. <\/p>\n<p>The police department expressed its deepest condolences to the student&#8217;s family, friends, and the entire school community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 The 14-year-old Treasure Coast High School student struck by an SUV last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-425157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425157","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=425157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}