Neshaminy Offers Support After Crash Kills Two Students

The Neshaminy School District is offering counseling and support resources following a crash on Halloween night that claimed the lives of three teenagers, including two Neshaminy High School students.

The district announced an open house for counseling support on Sunday, Nov. 2, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Poquessing Middle School at 300 Heights Lane in Feasterville.

The session is open to any student, parent, guardian, or local community member who wishes to speak with a member of the Neshaminy School Counseling Team.

In addition to the Sunday open house, the district said that support and guidance will be provided to students when classes resume on Monday.

Counselors will be available at Neshaminy High School for students requiring extra support, and staff are being prepared to respond to their needs.

Parents and guardians with concerns can contact the Neshaminy High School Counseling Center at 215-809-6101.

The district also provided a list of external community support resources:

Hands Holding Hearts (Newtown) – 1-445-444-5374
Safe Harbor (Abington Memorial Hospital) – 225-491-5993
Center for Grieving Children, Teens, and Families (Philadelphia) – 215-744-4025
Good Grief (Princeton, N.J.) – 908-522-1999 ext. 8006
St. Mary’s Medical Center, Langhorne, Spiritual Counseling Department – 215-710-5902
Lenape Valley Foundation Mobile Crisis Unit – 1-877-435-7709
PanAmerican Mental Health Services (Philadelphia) https://panamericanmhs.org/services

The violent crash occurred around 9:30 p.m. Thursday on Bristol Road, between Kelly and Pickertown roads in Warrington Township. The wreck involved a Toyota Camry sedan and a Ford Explorer SUV.

Police identified one of the deceased victims as Aziz Umidovich Amonov, 18, of Lower Southampton Township, who was the front-seat passenger in the Camry. Also pronounced dead at the scene were the Camry’s 15-year-old male driver and a 16-year-old rear-seat passenger, whose names were not released by police.

Police confirmed that two of the four occupants in the sedan were students at Neshaminy High School—one a freshman and the other a senior.

The school affiliations of the other two victims remain unconfirmed.

A 14-year-old in the Toyota remains in critical condition at a Philadelphia hospital, police reported.

The occupants of the Ford Explorer were not reported to have sustained life-threatening injuries.

Neshaminy School District Superintendent Jason Bowman extended his condolences in a statement.

“We extend our deepest sympathies to the families and friends of the students, as well as to everyone in our school community who is mourning the loss,” he said.

The Warrington Township Police Department described the collision as a side-angle crash, with the most serious damage concentrated on the sedan’s passenger side.

Preliminary investigation indicates the sedan, traveling northbound on Bristol Road, lost control while approaching a downward crest in the narrow roadway, causing it to cross into the path of the westbound SUV.

The investigation into the cause of the crash “remains active and ongoing,” police said Saturday.

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