Two students in Rich Township High School District 227 were killed in a single-car crash Saturday, and efforts are underway to raise money for their funerals.
Isaiah Kindle, 17, and Tierney Richmond-Kee, 16, were killed after the vehicle they were in hit a fixed object in the 22400 block of Lawndale Avenue, in Richton Park, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
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The two students, both juniors from Richton Park, were in a vehicle with another District 227 student as well as a district graduate, according to the district.
Kindle and Richmond-Kee were students at the district’s Fine Arts and Communications campus, formerly Rich South, in Richton Park, according to Matthew Shank, district spokesman.
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Richmond-Kee was pronounced dead at 10:10 p.m. Saturday, while Kindle was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:37 p.m., and their deaths were ruled accidental, according to the medical examiner’s office.
In a letter Sunday to parents in District 227, Superintendent Johnnie Thomas said grief counselors were being made available to students.
“Our hope is that our student support team can provide an avenue through which students will be able to cope with this tragedy,” Thomas wrote.
The district noted that a GoFundMe page has been established for the students, gofund.me/f8a6faab, and that donations may also be mailed or dropped off at the district office, 20550 S. Cicero Ave., Matteson IL 60443.
Messages left with Richton Park police seeking additional details about the crash were not returned.
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