Vigil for Mainland High students goes digital

    The vigil for four Mainland Regional High School teens killed Saturday is long over, but friends, family and strangers continue the memorial on Facebook.

    Edgar Bozzi, Casey Brenner, Dean Khoury and Nick Conner died Saturday in a single-car accident on the Garden State Parkway, as the Press of Atlantic City reported. The community held a candlelight vigil that night.

    Shortly thereafter, a Facebook page in the boys’ memory popped up, attracting more than 33,000 members as Monday morning. One of the recent comments coming from someone in New Orleans.

    Four other teenagers were injured in the crash. They were all on the way back from football practice.

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