New Community Jewish High School Student Dies in Car Accident [VIDEO]

Students, faculty and families at New Community Jewish High School (NCJHS) in West Hills banded together in grief this week after 17-year-old junior Adir Vered was killed in a car accident in Northridge on Friday night, Feb. 12.

Vered was not wearing his seat belt when he stuck his head out the window just before the vehicle crashed into a parked car. He was ejected and suffered major head injuries, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Paramedics tried to revive him, but he died at the scene, according to CBS2 News. The driver and a front seat passenger, both 16 and Vered’s best friends, were not hurt in the accident.

Police questioned and released the driver at the site and are continuing the investigation, according to the LAPD’s Valley Traffic Division, which handled the incident.

Nearly 1,000 people attended Vered’s funeral at Eden Memorial Park in Sylmar on Sunday afternoon, and by the Journal’s press time on Tuesday,