A 17-year-old student and a member of the California high school dance team that auditioned for America’s Got Talent has died. Emily Gold, who took her own life, was a year senior at Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga and the captain of the varsity dance team. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Coroner’s Office puts her date of death as September 14.
Authorities confirmed that Gold was found lifeless and the cause of death was confirmed as suicide on September 13, at about 11 pm. Public Information Officer Rodrigo Jimenez of the California Highway Patrol claimed in a statement provided to PEOPLE that “officers from the California Highway Patrol Rancho Cucamonga area responded to a pedestrian down in the lanes.” Jimenez stated that a 17-year-old girl who had been hit by at least one other automobile was in the carpool lane on westbound 210 when the police arrived.
The girl did not survive her injuries, he informed the publication, and she was declared dead on the spot. In an Instagram memorial following her passing, Gold’s dance team honoured her as a “leader, role model, friend, and sister to her teammates.” A post shared by LOHS Varsity Dance (@lohsvarsitydance) Moreover, her parents announced her death on Instagram, sharing their incomprehensible sorrow with the world.
“Dear friends. With sadness beyond measure, we must tell you all that we lost our beautiful Emily on September 13th,” Parents Steven and Brandy Gold said on Sunday. A pos.