Princeton Middle School student dies after e-moto bike crash
Counselors deployed as school community mourns
A Princeton Middle School student who was critically injured in a crash involving an e-moto bike over the weekend has died, police said.
Police declined to release the identity of the student, but the superintendent of the Princeton Public Schools confirmed that the student was Abraham Abed.
“We send our most heartfelt and deepest sympathies to the Abed family at this terrible time,” Superintendent Mike LaSusa said in a message to families.
The collision occurred around noon Sunday, April 26, at the intersection of Ewing Street and Terhune Road, according to the Princeton Police Department.
Police said Abed, who was operating an e-moto bike, was traveling northbound on Ewing Street and entered the intersection at Terhune Road, where a collision occurred with a vehicle traveling eastbound. The driver of the vehicle suffered minor injuries.
“It is with profound sadness that we report the juvenile has succumbed to the injuries sustained in the crash,” police said in a statement Tuesday morning. “Our thoughts remain with the family as they navigate this profound loss.”
The crash remains under investigation by the department’s Serious Collision Response Team in coordination with the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office.
On Monday evening, LaSusa sent an email to families about the crash.
“As you probably know, one of our middle school students suffered critical injuries as a result of a bike accident,” LaSusa wrote. “Given the severity of the circumstances and the fact that numerous middle school students have expressed their distress and upset over the condition of their classmate, the district will initiate a crisis response.”
Crisis protocols were put in place at Princeton Middle School, with district counseling staff and support from the Mercer County Traumatic Loss Coalition available to students and staff on Tuesday. Additional resources have also been made available at other schools as needed, LaSusa said.
“Should you have a concern about your child, please reach out to your child’s counselor,” LaSusa said. “We also understand that some students might not be able to report to school due to their sadness. In that case, please alert your child’s school so that we may connect with the child upon their return.”
This is heartbreaking for the parent and his family. Very sorry to hear of this child passing away. Losing a young child is never easy.
May his eternal life be more blessed than the ephemeral. May he rest in peace.
Pls accept our most profound, heartfelt condolences.
To Abed Family,
I am so deeply sorry you’re living through such a profound loss.. It’s a kind of pain that sits outside of language—too vast. Silence that follows a loss like this is never filled rather we learn to continue living with it .
What I keep coming back to is that the love you have for him hasn’t ended. It will always be present..strong and constant—just without the place it once lived so easily. And maybe in time, that love finds new ways to connect. Not in place of him, never that but in the quiet ways you still feel him, speak to him, carry him, and continue that bond in a way only a parent can..
Your family is in my thoughts and prayers.. May the higher power be with you..