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Southampton HS Student Killed in Crash in El Salvador
"Money can never replace a soul or fix a broken heart. But it's going to help my family grieve in peace, without worries."
A senior at Southampton High School was killed in a car crash on Dec. 23 in El Salvador while she was on a birthday vacation, the family of Ana Castro said.
Castro was on the way to the beach when a drunken driver plowed into the car she was riding in, according to a News 12 report. The 18-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
"Ana was the sweetest girl in the world . . . the last person in this world who didn't deserve this," Jose Erik Ramirez, Ana's cousin, wrote on a GoFundMe page he created to raise money to bring the teen's body home for burial. The fundraiser has well surpassed its goal of $18,000.
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"We here at Southampton High School are absolutely devastated at the loss of our student, classmate, and community member," the Southampton School District wrote on its Facebook page Friday. "Ana was an amazing young lady with a very bright future ahead of her."
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