22-05-2025
Funeral announced for Cape Cod high school senior, 18, killed in crash after prom
Funeral services have been announced for an 18-year-old high school senior killed in a crash right after her prom night on Cape Cod.
Ava Lodico, 18, of Falmouth, died in a single-car crash that happened around 11 p.m. on May 17 on Acapesket Road, according to Falmouth police.
Lodico had just attended the high school's junior-senior prom, themed 'Garden of Lights,' which ended at 10 p.m. on Saturday. The crash happened about 10 minutes from the prom venue.
Visitations for Lodico will be held on May 27 from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Chapman Funerals & Cremations, located in Falmouth.
A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on May 28 at Cape Cod Church, located at 1206 Nathan Ellis Hwy. in East Falmouth.
After her death, Lodico's loved ones were left behind devastated.
'We were all just dancing and having a great time at prom,' a friend of Lodico's, Erin Barr, told Boston 25.
'It's just so upsetting that this happened and extremely surreal .... She was just the sweetest soul to everybody,' Barr said.
One of Lodico's friends, Jazzy Fernandes, said she got a call about Lodico's crash on Saturday night, the outlet reported.
She tried to go to the scene of the crash, but it was blocked off, and found out Lodico had died when she got to the hospital.
Fernandes said, 'It doesn't feel real.'
Another close friend of Lodico's, Bea Mariani, said the two had been planning their joint graduation party and just made their invite list, the outlet said. Mariani took the first boat back from Martha's Vineyard when she heard of her friend's death.
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