Crescenta Valley High community mourns 17-year-old student killed in car crash

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A tight circle forms around the family of 17-year-old Christine Martinez, who died in a car crash in Tujunga on Thursday night. About 100 students, faculty, friends and family gathered for a candlelight vigil at The Firehouse in La Crescenta on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016.

(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Ryan Eggena, 15, stares into his candlelight during a vigil for 17-year-old Christine Martinez, who died in a car crash Thursday. Eggena said he had been a friend of Martinez for about three months, after he helped her navigate the school on her first day. About 100 students, faculty, friends and family gathered for a candlelight vigil at The Firehouse in La Crescenta on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016.

(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Candles are lit during a vigil for 17-year-old Christine Martinez, who died in a car crash in Tujunga on Thursday night. About 100 students, faculty, friends and family gathered for a candlelight vigil at The Firehouse in La Crescenta on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016.

(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Students hold candles and stand in remembrance during a vigil for 17-year-old Christine Martinez, who died in a car crash in Tujunga on Thursday night. About 100 students, faculty, friends and family gathered for a candlelight vigil at The Firehouse in La Crescenta on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016.

(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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At the conclusion of the candlelight vigil, students gather at a portrait of 17-year-old Christine Martinez, who died in a car crash in Tujunga on Thursday night. About 100 students, faculty, friends and family gathered for a candlelight vigil at The Firehouse in La Crescenta on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016.

(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Christine Martinez, 17, died in a car crash in Tujunga on Thursday night. About 100 students, faculty, friends and family gathered for a candlelight vigil at The Firehouse in La Crescenta on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016.

(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Students, mostly from Crescenta Valley High School, walk around The Firehouse, a youth center, to attend a candlelight vigil for 17-year-old Christine Martinez, who died in a car crash in Tujunga on Thursday night. About 100 students, faculty, friends and family gathered for the vigil in La Crescenta on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016.

(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Two students stand in remembrance of 17-year-old Christine Martinez, who died in a car crash in Tujunga on Thursday night. About 100 students, faculty, friends and family gathered for a candlelight vigil at The Firehouse in La Crescenta on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016.

(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Students stand in remembrance of 17-year-old Christine Martinez, who died in a car crash in Tujunga on Thursday night. About 100 students, faculty, friends and family gathered for a candlelight vigil at The Firehouse in La Crescenta on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016.

(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Students stand in remembrance of 17-year-old Christine Martinez, who died in a car crashin Tujunga on Thursday night. About 100 students, faculty, friends and family gathered for a candlelight vigil at The Firehouse in La Crescenta on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016.

(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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The circle tightens to surround the family of 17-year-old Christine Martinez, who died in a car crash in Tujunga on Thursday night. About 100 students, faculty, friends and family gathered for a candlelight vigil at The Firehouse in La Crescenta on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016.

(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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A cirlce forms at a candlelight vigil for 17-year-old Christine Martinez, who died in a car crash in Tujunga on Thursday night. About 100 students, faculty, friends and family gathered for a candlelight vigil at The Firehouse in La Crescenta on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016.

(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Glendale Unified Supt. Winfred Roberson, center, joined students, faculty, friends and family during a candlelight vigil for 17-year-old Christine Martinez, who died in a car crash in Tujunga on Thursday night. About 100 people gathered for the vigil at The Firehouse in La Crescenta on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016.

(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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A large portrait of 17-year-old Christine Martinez, who died in a car crash in Tujunga on Thursda night, was on display during a candlelight vigil. About 100 students, faculty, friends and family gathered for to remember Martinez at The Firehouse in La Crescenta on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016.

(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Students, mostly from Crescenta Valley High School, gather in a meeting area to prepare for a candlelight vigil for 17-year-old Christine Martinez, who died in a car crash in Tujunga on Thursday night. About 100 students, faculty, friends and family gathered for to remember Martinez at The Firehouse in La Crescenta on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016.

(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

By Kelly Corrigan

Oct. 31, 2016 3:22 PM PT

Crescenta Valley High School students mourned a classmate Saturday who died in a single-car crash on Tujunga Canyon Boulevard two days prior.

A vigil for Christine Martinez brought more than 100 students, her family and school officials to the Firehouse, a youth center at the corner of Foothill Boulevard and Rosemont Avenue in La Crescenta.

Last Thursday, Martinez was ejected from a 1998 Ford Explore driven by 18-year old La Crescenta resident Summerain Solomon.

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At around 10:20 p.m., Solomon lost control of the vehicle and it tumbled three times on Tujunga Canyon Boulevard near Pali Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Valley Traffic division.

Of the three passengers in the car, Martinez was the only one who ejected.

Martinez was pronounced dead at the scene.

Solomon and the other passengers were transported to local hospitals.

Kelly Corrigan, kelly.corrigan@latimes.com

Twitter: @kellymcorrigan