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Student Killed Returning From Spears Concert Remembered

Counselors On Hand For Students At North Star High School

POSTED: 10:32 am EDT March 30, 2009
UPDATED: 3:19 pm EDT March 30, 2009

Family and friends are mourning a Somerset County teenager killed on his way home from a Britney Spears concert at Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh.

Grief counselors were on hand at North Star High School in Boswell on Monday morning, helping classmates deal with the death of John Blough.

The 15-year-old Jenner Township boy died Friday night when the car he was riding in was rear-ended by a pickup truck along Route 30 in Ligonier, Westmoreland County.

On Sunday, friends gathered at the crash site with flowers and signs. Many said they were too upset to speak with Channel 4 Action News.

Friends of the victim gather at the site of a fatal crash in Westmoreland County.

Blough, a freshman, was a member of the North Star football team and the junior varsity wrestling team.

Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Hoffman Funeral Home in Boswell.

Police are still investigating the fatal crash. No charges have been filed.


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