Family, Friends Remember 17-Year-Old Kayla Perry, Killed In Towson Accident

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) -- A candlelight vigil was held for a 17-year-old George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology student who died in a freak accident during a Tuesday morning crash in Towson.

Baltimore County Police said Kayla Perry was driving to school around 7:15 a.m. when she crashed her car along North Charles Street.

The car came to rest on a guardrail after investigators said it broke a utility pole. The wires, still intact, were pulled across Charles Street and hit by oncoming traffic.

The wires then struck Perry, who died as a result.

Classmates, family, and friends mourned Perry's loss, but are also celebrated her life.

A candlelight vigil full of prayer and tears was held Friday to remember Perry.

"Kayla, we're going to miss your smile, your laugh, your loyalty and your love," a speaker at the candlelight vigil said.

Many remembered Perry for her smile, laugh, and dance, which she was studying at George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology.

"She was always up ready to go and down for whatever," Kaiya Vickers, a friend of Perry's, said. "It was never a dull moment with her."

Perry's father said he didn't realize how much his daughter touched the local community.

"I would always tell Kayla sometimes you're put in people's lives, not for what they can do for you, but what you can do for them," Terry Felix Jr., Perry's father said. "I think it looks like Kayla did a lot for people."

Perry's dance team said that it will be hard to go on without her.

"Dance can be hard every day, and to do that without her and see her spot on the dance floor is going to be so hard for a long time," a teammate of Perry's said.

The ceremony closed with a balloon release and one final goodbye to Perry.

Friends said Perry's spirit was at the candlelight vigil and that she will live on at the school and throughout the community.

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