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DANVILLE, Va. (WDBJ/Gray News) – A Virginia family is working to keep the memory of a 14-year-old student-athlete alive after he was killed in a car crash that also left his older brother seriously injured.

J’Kavien Fallen, a 14-year-old student at George Washington High School, was hanging out with some friends Dec. 26 when the car he was riding in ran into a ditch and overturned in Halifax County, Virginia. The teenager, who wasn’t wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the vehicle. Officials pronounced him dead at the scene, WDBJ reports.

J’Kavien’s mother, Tikia Fallen, is left heartbroken by the loss of her son.

J’Kavien Fallen, 14, was a student-athlete who excelled in track, football and basketball. He was killed in a car crash the day after Christmas.(Source: Shakeva Frazier)

“He had no desire to be like anybody else. He was definitely his own person. A jumping jelly bean. But he took his energy and put …

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