Schools

Teens' Deaths Spurs Grief Support

Hatboro-Horsham High School will host counselors Sunday to help family, friends and classmates impacted by Saturday's fatal car crash.

A crisis team of counselors will be available Sunday afternoon to help those affected by the graduates.

From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., family, friends and classmates of Robert Walker Nagle, 19, of Ambler, and Edward Taylor Coombs, 19, of Horsham, are invited to , where counselors will help individuals cope with the grief associated with the teens' deaths.

Police said high speed and possibly alcohol caused the at 1:19 a.m. Saturday. Three other teens, Connor James McNicholas, 19, of Ambler, Darryl Neville, Jr., 18, of Darby, and Timothy Kurpiel, 19, of Horsham - also said to be former district students - were traveling in the same vehicle, but had only minor injuries.

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In a statement, high school principal Dennis Williams extended condolences.

"It is with deep sadness that Hatboro-Horsham School District learns about the untimely loss of two of our 2010 graduates," Williams said. "Words can not express the sympathy that the entire school district has for the families and friends of these two young men."

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