Lawrenceville, GA : After-school crash kills North Gwinnett student on Thursday, March 23rd 2017

The North Gwinnett High School community on Friday mourned the loss of a student who was killed in a car crash on Moore Road on Thursday afternoon.

Principal Nathan Ballantine wrote “with great sadness” about the accident that happened after school, and there was a team of counselors at the school to help students cope with the situation.

The student who was killed, Shan Ramcharan, 17, was driving a red 2005 Nissan 350Z westbound on Moore Road toward Rosemoore Court. Ramcharan lost control near Bella Estates Road and the vehicle rotated counter-clockwise, according to a Gwinnett County police accident report. The Nissan then hit a silver 2001 Toyota Tacoma driven by Ann Rhodes, 53, of Sugar Hill, and then spun clockwise.

A diagram on the accident report showed the Tacoma hit the Nissan head on directly in the front passenger side of the vehicle.

The incident happened at 2:20 p.m., according to the report.

Ramcharan was transported to Gwinnett Medical Center-Lawrenceville, while Rhodes refused on-scene medical evaluation and left to seek medical attention.

“Dealing with death is difficult for all people, and it can be very challenging for teens,” Ballantine wrote in a letter distributed Friday morning. “If you find that your child needs help or needs to talk to someone about this situation, please don’t hesitate to contact the school, as we have school counselors and other professionals who are well trained in helping children with difficult issues such as this.”

Ballantine added that thoughts and prayers from people in the community will be with the family and school during this time.

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After-school crash kills North Gwinnett student