Sanger High crash victims honored with science fair awards

SANGER, Calif. (KFSN) -- A devoted, intelligent duo. By each accounts the pairing of Bethany Ray and Hubert Hsu's hard enactment and technological smarts was unstoppable.

Their subject just manager said the 2 longtime friends began moving connected their subject task successful their inferior year. Then successful September, they started the process to taxable the task to the Fresno County Science Fair.

Their task aimed to amended medicine and marque it much effective.

After months of hard work, the 2 were progressive successful a tragic clang connected February 25th portion walking successful a crosswalk not acold from Sanger High School.

Hsu died. Ray was hospitalized with important injuries. She's present astatine home, but inactive recovering.

Her principal, Kirstin Coronado, is hopeful she'll beryllium capable to articulation her classmates astatine graduation.

"We truly person that connected our minds and making definite that she's of people moving towards her diploma which she's doing an astonishing job, she's conscionable a precise outstanding pupil and truthful that's thing we look guardant to supporting her with arsenic we implicit the schoolhouse year," said Coronado.

Less than a period aft that crash, the 2 were recognized for their probe astatine the Fresno County Science Fair, including winning 1st spot successful Computer and Math Science and the accidental to vie astatine the International Science and Engineering Fair successful Ohio successful May, arsenic good arsenic currency and scholarships.

Both Hsu and Ray's brothers accepted the awards connected behalf of their siblings astatine a ceremonial earlier this week.

"This subject just triumph is fundamentally successful grant of everything they've done this twelvemonth for each different and for different students," said Davin Aalto, Sanger High School Science Teacher.

Although Hsu has passed away, his household hopes his bequest tin unrecorded on, successful portion done a assistance acceptable up successful his sanction for Sanger High and Sanger West students who anticipation to large successful STEM successful college.

His father, Joseph Hsu, sent Action News a connection astir his lad that read:

"Hubert! My beloved son, Even though you are nary longer by our side, the grant you earned from the subject just contention continues to come! We miss you truthful much! Rest assured successful heaven-yesterday, Mom and Dad went to your schoolhouse and robotics squad to donate a information of the funds fixed to america by uncles, aunts, brothers, and sisters to the assistance established successful your name. Your teammates present person capable funds to physique adjacent amended robots and execute adjacent greater success! Mom and Dad volition proceed to enactment children who, similar you, person a passionateness for science. We volition beryllium okay! Thank you for bringing america this honor, Hubert, my son!"

Hsu's begetter said they besides donated to his aged robotics squad to assistance them proceed to physique robots, which his lad was highly passionate about.

Click here to donate to the Hubert Hsu Memorial Scholarship

Cash and recognition donations to assistance money the assistance volition besides beryllium accepted successful the Sanger High Student Center.

For much information, telephone (559) 524-7244.

Checks tin beryllium made to "Sanger High School Foundation" and mailed to the school.

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