Chelsea High School student s death sparks fundraiser for mental health awareness
The Detroit News
The family of a Chelsea High School student who died last weekend in a freeway accident is asking the community to honor him by donating money to help raise awareness of mental health issues.
A GoFundMe memorial for Shaun Happy launched Monday with a $50,000 goal. On the page, his mother, Shannon Happy, said the funds would benefit a local group that specializes in addressing mental health issues of area youth. We don’t want this tragedy to be for naught, she wrote. Our entire community is affected by how/why this occurred.
March 10, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com
Services are set this weekend for a Chelsea teen who died over the weekend in a freeway accident on I-94.
18-year-old Shaun Happy, a senior at Chelsea High School, was killed Saturday night on westbound I-94 near Sargent Road in Leoni Township. His mother Shannon posted online that her son suffered from âanxiety and depression for the past year and a halfâ and that he âlost controlâ after taking drugs she said were âknown to be pretty prevalent with our teens,â jumped out of the car he was a passenger in and âended up on 94 where he was struck and was killed almost instantly.â
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