Three teens killed in two separate crashes just hours apart over the weekend in Dighton and Dartmouth were identified Monday by Bristol District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III’s office.
Savannah Salemme, 18 of Dighton, died after her Toyota Tacoma pickup truck left the roadway and struck the front porch of a home at 168 Tremont St. in Taunton and rolled into parked cars in the driveway at 10:13 p.m. on Friday, Quinn’s office said in a statement.
She was pronounced dead at the scene, the statement said.
Brielle Raposo, 16, and Cameren Gutter, 15, both of Fall River, were ejected from a KIA sedan traveling west on Interstate 195 in Dartmouth at about 1:10 a.m. Saturday, Quinn’s office said.
The car, which had been reported in stolen in Fall River, was traveling at a high rate of speed, according to the statement.
The KIA left the roadway and crashed in the median near the Reed Road Extension exit, prosecutors said. The teens were ejected and found in the left travel lane, where they were pronounced dead, prosecutors said.
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Fall River Public Schools on Monday said the two students were enrolled in the district. The statement did not identify them by name or school.
One attended B.M.C. Durfee High School and one attended Robert L. Medeiros Resiliency Prepatory Academy, Superintendent Tracy Curley said in a statement.
Grief counselors were made available at schools over the weekend and on Monday. Counseling will be available over the next several weeks, Curley said.
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“The loss of two students is heartbreaking, and we are feeling it across multiple schools,” Curley said in the statement. “Our hearts are with their families, friends, and everyone touched by this loss. We have support available now, and we will continue to provide that support and connect people with services for as long as our students and staff need us to. Healing will take time, but we’ll get through it together as a community.”
Adam Sennott can be reached at adam.sennott@globe.com.