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Danville Teen Killed In Crash

All three were set to begin their senior year at San Ramon Valley High today, San Ramon Valley Unified School District spokesman Terry Koehne said.

By Bay City News --

A teenage boy who was killed in a crash in Danville on Monday night was a San Ramon Valley High School student, a school district spokesman said today.

The teen was identified by the Contra Costa County coroner's office this morning as 17-year-old Danville resident Robert Orlando.

Two other boys in the car at the time of the crash, ages 17 and 16, suffered broken bones but are expected to survive.

[Related: Community Mourns Danville Teen's Death.]

All three were set to begin their senior year at San Ramon Valley High today, San Ramon Valley Unified School District spokesman Terry Koehne said.

Grief counselors are available at the high school, where a moment of silence was held in each classroom this morning, he said.

"You don't want to have grief counselors on your campus any day, and certainly not on the first day of school," he said.

[Related: What People are saying about the loss of Robert Orlando.]

The crash occurred at about 8:50 p.m. near the Crow Canyon Country Club.

Police said Orlando was a passenger in a car that was heading north on El Capitan Drive near Claridge Drive when, for unknown reasons, the driver lost control of the car and hit a tree.

Orlando died at San Ramon Regional Hospital. The 17-year-old driver suffered broken ribs, and a 16-year-old passenger had a broken leg, police said.

Police said it does not appear drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash, which remains under investigation.

The wreck blocked El Capitan Drive between Crow Canyon Road and Canfield Drive for nearly seven hours, police said.

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A Danville teen died and two teen boys were injured when a vehicle struck a tree in Danville on Monday night, according to a police sergeant.

In an article posted in the SF Gate, the boy who died was 17-year-old Robert Orlando of Danville, who was entering his senior year of high school.

According to Danville police Sgt. Scott Dickerson, at about 8:50 p.m. the vehicle was traveling north on El Capitan Drive near Claridge Drive when, for an unknown reason, it spun out of control and struck a tree on the right passenger side.

Emergency crews transported one of the passengers to San Ramon Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased, police said. The driver of the vehicle and the other passenger were transported to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek for treatment, police said.

The 17-year-old driver of the vehicle sustained broken ribs and the other 16-year-old passenger sustained a broken leg. Both are in stable condition this morning, Dickerson said.

The cause of the collision remains under investigation. Police said alcohol does not appear to have been a factor in the collision. 

The collision blocked El Capitan Drive between Crow Canyon Road and Canfield Drive, near the Crow Canyon Country Club, until about 3:45 a.m., police said.

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