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Vigil Planned After Teen Dies at Concert

Hylton High School hosting event Wednesday night in Woodbridge.

Family, students and staff are expected to attend a candlelight vigil Wednesday night to remember a high school student who died at a concert in Maryland over the weekend.

The vigil to remember Daniel Anders will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday night at Hylton High School, 14051 Spriggs Rd.

Anders was one of two deaths at the Mad Decent Block Party at a Columbia, Md., concert venue. Twenty other attendees were taken to the hospital, according to WTOP, many with drug-related symptoms.

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In a letter to the Hylton High community, principal David Cassady Jr. noted Anders was a rising senior and a member of the Hylton Troubadours Choir.

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