{"id":425447,"date":"2026-10-12T11:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425447\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T11:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:20:07","slug":"treasure-coast-hs-student-dies-after-being-hit-by-car-while-walking-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425447\/","title":{"rendered":"Treasure Coast HS student dies after being hit by car while walking to school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. \u2014 A 14-year-old Treasure Coast High School student who was <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wptv.com\/news\/treasure-coast\/region-st-lucie-county\/student-hit-by-vehicle-in-st-lucie-county-school-district-confirms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hit by a vehicle while walking to school<\/a> last week has died from his injuries, according to the Port St. Lucie Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the crash happened the morning of Oct. 7 near the intersection of Southwest Port St. Lucie Boulevard and Southwest Squirrel Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, the freshman was walking northbound along Port St. Lucie Boulevard near the edge of the roadway when he was struck from behind by a 2002 Ford Excursion driven by a 72-year-old man.<\/p>\n<p>The teen suffered critical injuries and was transported to a local hospital. Police said he was pronounced clinically deceased on Oct. 9 shortly after 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said the crash remains under investigation as detectives continue to examine the circumstances surrounding what happened.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the tragedy, the student&#8217;s family made the decision to donate his organs in hopes of helping others and honoring their son&#8217;s memory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the midst of their grief, their decision offers the possibility of hope and healing for other families and individuals whose lives may be changed through this extraordinary gift,&#8221; police said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Treasure Coast High School will provide grief counseling services for students and staff as the school community copes with the loss.<\/p>\n<p>The Port St. Lucie Police Department extended its condolences to the student&#8217;s family, friends, classmates and the entire Treasure Coast High School community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We recognize that no words can ease the pain of losing a child, and our thoughts remain with everyone affected by this heartbreaking tragedy,&#8221; the department said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. \u2014 A 14-year-old Treasure Coast High School student who was hit by a vehicle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[2625,57105,171,173,172,2956,179],"class_list":["post-425447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-high-school","tag-pedestrian-crash","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-student","tag-treasure-coast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425447","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=425447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}