{"id":304230,"date":"2026-05-22T08:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/304230\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:14:15","slug":"he-was-family-north-texas-middle-schooler-dies-in-accident-school-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/304230\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;He was family.&#8217; | North Texas middle schooler dies in accident, school officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A district spokesperson for Aledo ISD confirmed Brayden Martin, the student, died in an accident on Wednesday, May 20. <\/p>\n<p>ALEDO, Texas \u2014 An Aledo ISD middle school student died in an accident Wednesday night, according to a statement from the district.<\/p>\n<p>The student was identified as Brayden Martin. Officials have not released details about the accident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a community, we share our most sincere condolences with Brayden\u2019s family, his friends and classmates, and the staff who have served Brayden in Aledo ISD,\u201d a district spokesperson said. \u201cWe have asked our entire community to pray for Brayden\u2019s family, friends and teachers.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday was the last day of school for Aledo ISD. The spokesperson said the district provided extra support at Aledo Middle School for students and staff.<\/p>\n<p>Wildcatters Baseball, the local youth baseball league, honored Martin in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100086264832497\/posts\/964607679758051\/?fs=e&amp;mibextid=wwXIfr&amp;rdid=qStimp1b1zeUgiab#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">social media post<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Brayden was more than a teammate \u2014 he was family,&#8221; the post read. &#8220;His love for the game, his smile, and the impact he made on everyone around him will never be forgotten.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shane Davis, mayor of Aledo, also released a statement on social media offering his condolences and prayers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The loss of any member of a community is painful, but the loss of a young man with such a bright future is especially difficult to comprehend,&#8221; Davis said. &#8220;There are no words that can truly ease this kind of grief.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Davis said moments like these are when the community should come together.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We support one another, check in on our friends, neighbors and children, and make sure no one is facing this pain alone,&#8221; Davis said. &#8220;We will get through this together\u2014with care, compassion and the strength of a united community.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A district spokesperson for Aledo ISD confirmed Brayden Martin, the student, died in an accident on Wednesday, May&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-304230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}