Residents attend a vigil in Fairfax on Saturday, April 19, 2025, for six teenagers involved in a fatal crash the prior night on San Geronimo Valley Drive. Four died and two were critically injured.
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As parents, kids, teachers, staff and anyone with an even remote connection to the Archie Williams and throughout the entirety of Marin County and beyond, this has been a horrifically tragic week.
A day after a West Marin crash killed four teenage girls and injured two others, more than 300 people joined a vigil in a display of collective grief. The teens, all students at Archie Williams High School in San Anselmo, were riding in a Volkswagen SUV on Friday evening when it crashed into a tree on San Geronimo Valley Road. Their ages range from 14 to 16.
The vigil took place Saturday evening at the central ballfield in Fairfax. “Many of us have come tonight because we are hurting,” the Rev. Scott Clark of First Presbyterian Church in San Anselmo said to the crowd at the vigil. “This is a heartbreaking day — and it is hard.”
“These are loved ones who were known to us, and we hold them close,” Clark said. “These are hard times in general, and this day is excruciatingly painful.”
The California Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. The two survivors, who were critically injured, remained in hospitals on Sunday morning, according to the CHP.
The Tamalpais Union High School District will provide counseling for students “for as long as we need to,” said Tara Taupier, the district’s superintendent.
“Communities don’t recover from these kinds of things quickly,” Taupier said. “I know all we can do is love each other when a tragedy like this happens.”
The vigil on Saturday included a six-minute silent meditation — a minute for each teen — led by the Rev. Floyd Thompkins of Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church in Marin City.
Community supporters have started to raise money online to help the girls’ families. Alex White, a spokesperson for the GoFundMe fundraising platform, said organizers have launched sites at shorturl.at/S78KW for Olive’s family; shorturl.at/WZn8k for Ada’s; shorturl.at/YPOon for Josalynn’s; and shorturl.at/8xuKh for Marley’s.
Creekside Pizza & Taproom: DEVASTATED: Community Grieves for Local Teens
We are absolutely devastated to learn of the unbelievable tragedy of six local teen girls this past Friday night around 7:30PM. It has been confirmed that four of the six Archie Williams High School girls are no longer with us as the result of a solo vehicle fatal car crash on off Sir Francis Drake Blvd in San Geronimo valley. We are compiling ways you can help with links below.
Please give accordingly, and let’s help move this needle far beyond the “target amount” of the fundraisers. Keep checking back and adding your contributions as we add links to these publicly posted family support pages:
GO FUND ME
- Just Added: SIENNA’S FAMILY & MEMORIAL FUND > CLICK HERE
- OLIVE’S FAMILY & MEMORIAL FUND > CLICK HERE
- ADA’S FAMILY & MEMORIAL FUND > CLICK HERE
- JOSY’S FAMILY & MEMORIAL FUND > CLICK HERE
- MARLEY’S SURVIVAL FUND > CLICK HERE
- ELSA’S SURVIVAL FUND > TO BE ANNOUNCED
MEAL TRAIN (provides meal options and community-driven delivery)
- ADA KEPLEY (In Memorium) FAMILY MEAL FUND > CLICK HERE
- JOSY OSBORN FAMILY MEAL FUND > CLICK HERE
If you have information on Elsa’s fund, please email us so we can get the links updated and aid their families.
Reports & Media:
- SF Chronicle (4/20/2025) > CLICK HERE
- Marin IJ (4/20/2025) > CLICK HERE
- Marin IJ (4/19/2025) > CLCIK HERE
- Press Democrat > CLICK HERE
- NBC Bay Area > CLICK HERE
- CBS News > CLICK HERE
- SF Standard > CLICK HERE