South Fulton County

Teens killed in crash remembered as positive, inspiring

SOUTH FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Friends and family gathered for a vigil Wednesday night to remember four teenagers killed in a crash.

Isaiah Gregory, 15; Cameron Jones, 16; Octavious Rhodes, 16; and Ke'Ariy Lopez, 14, were killed in a crash on Highway 92 at Butner Road on Monday afternoon.

Police said the teens were in an SUV and the driver ran a red light and crashed into a tractor-trailer.

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A fifth teen, Lexus Todd,16, survived the crash and has woken up from a medically induced coma. Her grandmother said she does not yet know what happened to her friends, and they are giving her information a little at a time.

"She's sitting up, talking now. That's the reason I know that there is a God. There is a man who sits high and looks low because He had his hands on my grandbaby," Priscilla Toss said.

The five teens were all students at Langston Hughes High School. Their classmates were overcome with emotion as they honored the young victims.

One teen said he was in the SUV with them but got out just before the crash.

"I shouldn't have to go to my brother's funeral," he said.

The teen said his friends had a positive influence on many lives.

"They don't rest in peace. They live through us," he said.

Gregory's mother said she was touched by the stories coming from the friends her son impacted.

"They're constantly coming to me and telling me, 'He inspired me. I'm here today because of him.' Some are telling me they've alive today because of him, that they were contemplating suicide and he made it to where they changed their life," Elke Velez said.

GoFundMe pages have been set up for some of the victims: