Community to gather for vigils to honor 4 Henry County teens killed in crash

HENRY COUNTY, Ga. — The McDonough and Stockbridge communities will gather this week night for a vigil to remember four teens killed in a crash last week.

The four students all attended Eagle’s Landing High School. They’ve been identified as Kenderrias Dodson, 16; Katrina Owens 15; and Jordan Brown 15, and Kendarius Jackson, 16.

A fifth student, Zakyra Jones, is hospitalized with serious injuries.

[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]

Friends and family will gather at the Eagle’s Landing High School football stadium for a vigil Monday at 7:30 p.m. On Tuesday, the Stockbridge Youth Council will host a prayer vigil in front of the steps of Stockbridge City Hall.

TRENDING STORIES:

• Rideshare driver shot man who faked being an officer, chased her to Buckhead Target, police say
• Lawyer says man accused of killing 8-year-old has had a ‘hard time,’ shouldn’t be executed Tuesday
• Buffalo supermarket mass shooting: Victims list released by Buffalo PD

Police said the car, that the five teens were riding in, a 2002 Nissan Altima, went off of Oak Grove Road on Wednesday afternoon and crashed down an embankment, hitting several trees. The area where the crash happened was just two miles from campus.

[SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]

The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

UPDATE: Coroner identifies 3 students killed in crash as just 15, 16 years old

©2022 Cox Media Group