Crime & Safety
Teen Killed In Hiking Accident Above Monrovia Was Due To Graduate
A moment of silence for the teenage hiker was held at his high school graduation ceremony and balloons were released in his memory.
WHITTIER, CA — An 18-year-old who fell to his death while hiking with friends in a canyon in Angeles National Forest above Monrovia was a football player at La Serna High School in Whittier due to graduate Wednesday evening.
Jeremy St. Julian of Whittier fell about 100 feet over a cliff in the Chantry Flat area Tuesday, said coroner's Assistant Chief Ed Winter.
Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics performed CPR on Julian, but he was pronounced dead at the scene around 8 p.m. Tuesday.
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"We are all mourning the tragic loss of Jeremy St. Julian," a message posted on the La Serna High School website said.
School principal Ann Fitzgerald told the Whittier Daily News that the "loss is being deeply felt by our entire community."
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St. Julian's teammates placed his jersey on his seat and wore his jersey number 54 on their caps at the graduation ceremony, according to the newspaper and broadcast reports.
A moment of silence for St. Julian was held at the graduation ceremony and balloons were released in his memory.
— City News Service, photo via Shutterstock.
