Mira Mesa High freshman remembered as ‘bright light’ after fatal crash

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – A 14-year-old Mira Mesa High School freshman is being remembered as a kind, loving teenager with an entrepreneurial spirit, five days after he was struck and killed while walking on a foggy evening.

Jay Jay Stewart was walking home with three friends Saturday night, around 8:30 p.m., along Camino Ruiz near Hydra Lane when tragedy struck. According to his mother, Dianna Pringle, “one car was passing when another vehicle came in the blind spot … Jay ran out.”

It’s unclear why Jay Jay darted across the street. Police say an SUV struck him, and he was rushed to a hospital where he died. The driver of the SUV stopped at the scene, and police say alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the crash…

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