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A 16-year-old boy is dead after his car crashed into a tree on Long Island, N.Y., on Sept. 27

He had just started high school, and spent the morning helping his dad around the house

"We’re in shock," his grieving aunt said

A 16-year-old boy, who had just started high school, was less than 10 minutes from his home in Long Island when he died after his car crashed into a tree.

Around 9:22 p.m. local time on Saturday, Sept. 27, officials responded to reports of a motor vehicle accident on Second Avenue, near Horton Avenue, in Calverton, the Riverhead Town Police Department said in a statement shared with PEOPLE.

Detectives learned that a 16-year-old BOY from Riverhead was driving a Honda Civic, traveling east on Second Avenue, when it hit a tree. The teen was transported to

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