A TEEN cheerleader who competed on America's Got Talent celebrated her senior year of high school just weeks before her tragic death by suicide this weekend. Emily Gold, 17, shared pictures of a "senior sunrise" with her friends less than a month before her shocking death. The teen died by suicide just months after earning a standing ovation alongside her dance team on AGT .
In her last post on Instagram , the teen smiled alongside friends as they celebrated their senior year at Los Osos High School. The California Highway Patrol confirmed to The U.S.
Sun that officials got calls that a teen girl was wandering through traffic in San Bernadino, outside Los Angeles, on Friday. When cops arrived at the scene, they found Emily's body under a bridge. READ MORE NEWS The San Bernadino County Coroner's Office confirmed to The U.
S. Sun that Gold died by suicide. CHP believed the teen was hit by a car at least once.
She was declared dead at the scene. The driver who hit her has not come forward. The school's pep squad shared a heartbreaking tribute to the athlete following the news of her death.
Most read in The US Sun "To our sweet Emily Gold, The girl who lit up every room she walked in, brought a smile to everyone’s face, had the most infectious laugh," LOHS Pep Squad remembered the student in a post. The team went on to remember Emily as "one of a kind." "Our team will never be the same without you, Gold," the tribute said.
"Wishing we could see you cheer and dance just one more .