Rockland BOCES posted on Facebook asking students and staff to show the Suffern Central School District support by wearing Suffern Mountie colors of blue and white on Monday. All BOCES student and staff are encouraged to stand united with our Rockland County school districts in this effort, the post said.
Zangrilli was one of five teens in a car that crashed into a utility pole between Copeland Drive and Viola Road in Montebello around 2:50 a.m. Saturday. The vehicle was found by Ramapo police on its side. Zangrilli was pronounced dead at the scene.
Suffern and communities throughout Rockland are mourning the girl s loss. Many people and organizations changed their social media profile pictures to the Suffern High School logo with the words Suffern Strong and #MountiePride.
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Five teenagers were in the car. Four of them, including the driver, were transported to Nyack Hospital or Westchester Medical Center for non-life threatening injuries. All of the teenagers were under the age of 18 and students at Suffern High School.
Patrick Breen, Suffern High School principal, wrote a letter to the school s community to inform them of the crash. Counseling and support services will be held at the school from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday. A student death is a difficult and challenging situation that can generate a high level of anxiety and distress in some students and also may point out the reality of a child’s own mortality, Breen said. In addition, children may have had no experience in coping with a loss like this and may be confused as to how to handle grief. If you feel that your child(ren) is having difficulty, we encourage you to discuss their thoughts and feelings to help them work through their grief or concerns.
Suffern community mourns following DWI crash that killed teenage girl, hurt 4 other teens
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Apr 25, 2021, 5:07pm EDT
The Suffern community is in mourning following a car accident that claimed the life of a teenage girl and injured four others on Saturday.
Another teenager, the driver involved in the accident, is now facing charges.
Grief counselors are on hand at Suffern High School to help students and staff deal with the tragedy.
Police say the accident occurred early Saturday morning on Route 202 in Montebello in Rockland County.
Police say the 17-year-old driver was intoxicated. He s now charged with manslaughter, DWI, vehicular manslaughter and a host of other felony charges.
“Since last March, we’ve been in pandemic mode,” Suffern track coach Jeff Dempsey told
Runner’s World. “So our kids can race, we’re gonna find a way. In the fall, that was individual time trials on our cross-country course. When snow and the cold started, we needed to do something new.” Related Story
Because of pandemic policies in the county, most indoor track locations were not an option for races. Suffern, along with a few other schools in the area were scheduled to compete in a meet at The Armory, the famous cathedral of indoor track running in New York, but that was canceled just days out because the facility transitioned into a vaccination site. Dempsey and his assistant coach wanted to give their runners a chance at competing before the outdoor season started, so they put their heads together.