BILLINGS - It s been a tough month for the Billings community, after four teens passed away in tragic events. Now, community members are coming together to show support for teens who are grieving.
Co-organizer Erin Rodriguez says Thursday s event is to support children in the community, provide a safe space for them to talk, create connections and allow questions.
âWe see kids hurting and we just want to offer ourselves to them and we really just want this night to be about them. And so we want them to feel connected to others and know theyâre not alone, Rodriguez said.
The entire Billings community is mourning the loss of three teenagers, all students at Billings West High School, who died in a rollover car crash on Friday.
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BILLINGS - Three families and the entire Billings West High School community are mourning the loss of Conner Devere, Kylie Larsen and Tommy Lindsay, after they were killed in a car crash Friday night.
The intersection at South 64th Street West and Danford Road is where the car carrying four teenagers lost control Friday, Feb. 19.
Conner Devere, 16, and Kylie Larsen, 18, died at the scene. Tommy Lindsay, 17, died at Billings Clinic on Saturday, Feb. 20. The fourth teenage boy who was in the car that night is still recovering at a local hospital.
Three separate GoFundMe pages have been organized for the teenagers who were tragically killed. According to the description on Kylie Larsen s GoFundMe page, Kylie is the second child in the Larsen family that has lost their life. Tommy Lindsay was a junior on the Billings West High Varsity football team. Loved ones who organized Conner Devere s page said he loved to hunt, fish and just be in the outdoors.
Community responds to deaths of 3 Billings West High students
Friends, school remember 3 Billings teens killed in crash
By: Chaquille Cozart
and last updated 2021-02-22 20:36:01-05
Olive Grimm, a former West High student and friend of crash victim Kylie Larsen, said Monday afternoon that Kylie was a unique soul that you donât meet often.
âShe was always super sweet and kind and never said anything harsh to somebody,â said Grimm.
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Olive Grimm, former friend of Kylie Larsen
Grimm said she first met Kylie through church. She said a lot of the time she didnât have anyone to sit with, but Kylie would sit with her.