Steve Last and Shawn Bell died in a car crash early Friday in rural Hamilton
By Adam Carter, CBC News
Posted: Jul 29, 2013 11:14 AM ET
Last Updated: Jul 29, 2013 11:44 AM ET
A candlelight vigil is being held outside Saltfleet District High School Monday night in memory of Steve Last and Shawn Bell, who died in a car crash in rural Hamilton early Friday.
"It's not to remember a terrible night," said Cassandra Brookes, a former Saltfleet student who just graduated. "It's to remember the people they both were."
Bell, 17, and Last, 42, both died when their vehicles collided on Highway 56 just after midnight Friday. Last was bringing his two daughters and a friend home after a day at Canada's Wonderland.
Bell, who is from Stoney Creek, was pronounced dead at the scene. Last, who is from Binbrook, was taken to hospital and died there of his injuries. His 10-year-old daughter and his 15-year-old daughter were in the SUV with a 15-year-old family friend. They are in hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Shawn Bell, 17, was killed in a devastating car accident early Friday. He had just graduated from Saltfleet High School. (Facebook) Tragedies at Saltfleet District High School
Both Bell and Last's 15-year-old daughter Jamie attended Saltfleet High, Brookes told the CBC.
The school has faced many tragedies in recent years. In June 2012, two Saltfleet students committed suicide when they jumped off the Jolley Cut. Another 16-year-old student committed suicide four months before that.
In April 2012, a 14-year-old Saltfleet student died from an infection after a heart transplant surgery.
Brookes says all the death is starting to take its toll on Saltfleet's students. "A lot of people just don't know how to grieve," she said. "When you see someone every day and then suddenly hear they're gone… it just hits you that you'll never see them again."
"We've lost so many people so young."
Some students have completely changed because of the tragedies, she says. "I've seen people become people I never thought they'd be. Seeing someone who used to put a smile on people's faces now needing to be encouraged to smile."
"It has really taken a toll on people mentally."
Steve Last, 42, was killed in a head-on collision in rural Hamilton early Friday. (Instagram) Brookes says she lives around the corner from Last's daughters, and has spoken to a neighbour who has visited them in the hospital. "They're doing okay," she said.
Some of Bell's friends told the CBC that the 17-year-old had "quite a bit to drink" at a gathering just before the crash.
"We were the last people he talked to," Bell's friend Conner Lahie told CBC News on Friday. "He gave my friend a hug … and goes 'Nothing's going to happen, I promise.' And then he left."
Brookes says that's unlike the Shawn Bell she knew. "He would never want to hurt anyone," she said. "When you're a teenager, people pressure you to drink. Maybe he did — but we don't know what or how much."
Police have not confirmed the names, and have not confirmed that alcohol played a role in the accident.
The candlelight vigil takes place at 11:30 p.m. on Monday in front of Saltfleet High School at 108 Highland Rd. W in Hamilton.
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