PORT ORANGE, Fla. – Friday evening, students in Volusia County honored a fellow student killed in a crash last week.
Rodrick Hutchinson Jr., 17, played the crash cymbal for the band at Atlantic High School. He was riding his electric scooter outside of his apartment complex last Friday when he fell and was hit by a car.
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He was taken to a hospital where he later died, according to a statement from Daytona Beach police.
Hutchinson had been accepted to Kansas University on a band scholarship, and one of his sisters, Auzanea Hutchinson, told News 6 that he was passionate about his interest.
“He strived to be the greatest at everything,” she said. “At school, music, life, personality, his soul...”
Another of Rodrick Hutchinson’s sisters, Raven Brown, said that she’s still looking for answers from the person whom she said hit him.
“We need answers from the lady because she still hasn’t said anything to our family, not even a simple, ‘I’m sorry,’” Brown said. “Do you care about human life?”
Hutchinson was recognized at a football game Friday night, where attendees were asked to wear blue in his honor.
“It makes me feel reassured that people care about him and that people love him,” Valencia Brown, another of Rodrick Hutchinson’s sisters, told News 6.
A GoFundMe page for his funeral has raised over $3,500 — surpassing the original goal of $2,000.