Apopka High School schoolmates of 16-year-old Sanjay Nandram will be offered help in dealing with their loss after the teen was killed in a traffic crash over the weekend, the Orange County Public Schools stated.

  • Sanjay Nandram killed in crash on Florida's Turnpike
  • Nandram was standing on shoulder when he was struck
  • FHP: Driver of other vehicle told troopers she fell asleep

“Yes, we have grief counselors available for students and staff,” Lorena Hitchcock, media relations senior specialist for OCPS, stated in an email reply to News 13 on Monday morning.

According to a Florida Highway Patrol news release, the Apopka High student was on the shoulder of the Florida Turnpike at mile marker 264 at about 6:40 a.m. Sunday when the accident happened.

Nandram was already involved in another accident and was standing outside of his vehicle when he was struck by a 2005 four-door Nissan driven by Tanya Garcia, according to the FHP.

According to the FHP, the 32-year-old Garcia told troopers that she had fallen asleep before the crash.

The FHP stated that this is not an alcohol-related accident and it did not state the nature of the previous, separate accident that caused Nandram to be outside of his vehicle.

Garcia was taken to Health Central hospital in Ocoee for minor injuries.

This is an ongoing investigation.