"Anytime something like this happens with our students who really become part of our family. It tugs, it's hard to explain," said Sanger Unified Superintendent, Dr. Dennis Wiechmann.
Sanger police say just before 7:30 Tuesday evening, a truck hit Hsu and a teenage girl -- now identified by the district as Bethany Ray, while they were walking in the crosswalk.
It happened at the intersection of Bethel and Almond Avenues, just down the road from Sanger High School.
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Sanger Unified Superintendent Dr. Dennis Wiechmann says both students shined on campus leaving heartbreak in their wake.
"They were actually very connected to a lot of the groups within Sanger unified. So speech and debate, the NASA Hunch, and robotics, and the robotics team again offering that support for them through our counselors, through our staff," said Dr. Wiechmann.
In a Sanger High Facebook post, students celebrating Bethany Ray's birthday and wishing her a speedy recovery.
The district says she has significant injuries but is responsive and communicating.
Meanwhile, residents like Richard Maldonado are sounding the alarm about the dangerous intersection.
"I can't cross it, I wouldn't even dare cross it," said Sanger Resident, Richard Maldonado.
His heart goes out to the families involved and he says he can't imagine what they are going through.
"I felt bad for the parents, it's a hard feeling for the kids to get killed," said Maldonado.
This crash, still so fresh for the entire Sanger community, after Jameson Doyle died the same way just down the road, nearly one year ago.
"It adds to just the grief that that happens, and it also for the sites that were affected from last year. We relive that grief," said Dr. Wiechmann.
City officials say there are plans already in the works to add signals at the crosswalk.
They expect to complete that work by the summer.
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