Loved Ones Mourn at Crash Site Where 'Beautiful' High School Senior Was Killed on Prom Night
Mourners gathered on Monday, May 19, to honor a Massachusetts high school student who died in a car crash on prom night
18-year-old Ava Lodico died just three weeks ahead of her high school graduation
She was the only person in the car when the accident happenedMourners are gathering to remember a Massachusetts high school student who died in a car crash on her prom night.
On Monday, May 19, a group came to pay their respects at a makeshift memorial for Ava Lodico, near the site where she had a fatal accident on the night of Saturday, May 17.
A group of young people gathered around a tree ringed with bouquets of flowers and covered in photos of the 18-year-old girl. Next to it, a cross bearing Lodico's name had been erected, according to a photo shared by the Cape Cod Times.
"I'm just amazed at how many friends she had. I knew she had a lot of friends, but not to this extent," Lodico's mother, Brandi Santos, told ABC affiliate WCVB. "Just seeing the love, I didn't know my daughter had this much of an impact on these kids. I'm just at a loss for words."
Elizabeth McLain, one of the teachers in Lodico's English class, brought a flower and said she saw her in her prom dress before she died, the paper reported. "She looked beautiful," she said. A source previously told PEOPLE the crash occurred later that night.
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The Falmouth High School senior was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Acapesket Road, according to the Falmouth Police Department, Falmouth Fire and Rescue Department and Falmouth Public Schools. Students and staff were offered counseling services when they returned to school on Monday.
Authorities responded to the accident around 11 p.m. local time, and Lodico was the only person in the vehicle, according to the Cape Cod Times. Video from the scene of the crash shared by NBC affiliate WBTS showed extensive damage to the front of the vehicle.
Lodico died just three weeks before she was set to graduate from Falmouth High School on June 7.
A GoFundMe to support Lodico's family has already raised more than $23,000 as of the afternoon of Wednesday, May 21.
"She was a very loved friend, older sister, cousin, and daughter to many," the organizer wrote.
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