Classmates hold memorial for boy who died in tragic crash on the Pa. Turnpike

A celebration of life cut short -- Hayden Field died in a tragic car crash last month, and Thursday night, his classmates said goodbye to him in a moving ceremony.

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Hayden was with his dad on Take Your Child to Work Day last month, when their pickup truck hit the back of tractor-trailer.

"He was my best friend since kindergarten," said Field's friend Aubree Mclean, "We would always sing and dance together, and we would wrestle a lot."

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Mclean still can't believe her friend is gone. They spent years hanging out singing and dancing, mostly to Michael Jackson songs.

Students put together a memorial for him at Connellsville Area Middle School and shared pictures, and memories, and presented his family with this bench to remind everyone of Hayden's story.

Hyaden was part of everyone's life, and he's gone, but the imprint he made on others will never be erased.

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