Mourners described an unrelenting sense of shock and anguish Thursday as they remembered four Buffalo Grove High School students at a memorial near the site of a three-car crash that took the teens’ lives two days prior.
in the building earlier this week, but the principal said parts of the school that were not affected by the blaze were open for several hours on Thursday for grieving students who wanted to speak with school counselors.Neighbors near the crash scene described hearing a loud noise late Tuesday that sounded like an explosion, followed by a power outage caused by the accident.
The two drivers of the other cars involved in the crash were treated for non-life-threatening injuries at local hospitals, authorities said. Wheeling police said the crash is still under investigation and had no updates on Thursday. Eighteen-year-old Ingrid Victoria lamented that her friend, crash victim De-Ita, didn’t live to attend his high school graduation next week.“It’s so close,” she said, adding that he will be with her in spirit when she graduates. “I’m definitely going to take him along when I walk.”
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