Vigil for teen:

A Phoenix high-school community holds a vigil on Sunday for a 17-year-old student on life support, two days after a crash involving a car that carried her and two classmates.

The sun beat down on family and friends Sunday as they held hands and embraced one another at a vigil for a Sierra Linda High School junior who was on life support after suffering injuries in a car crash last week.

The 17-year-old student and two friends were heading south on 63rd Avenue about 4:15 p.m. Friday when they were hit by a car traveling west on Lower Buckeye Road.

Phoenix police believe the teen girls failed to yield at a stop sign when they collided with a Ford pickup truck, according to Phoenix police Sgt. Vince Lewis.

The three teens, all juniors at Sierra Linda, were extricated from the vehicle and transported to the hospital.

One teen was on life support as of Sunday night, a hospital spokesman said.

Police did not identify the names of the teens because they are juveniles.

The father of the teen on life support said during Sunday’s vigil that the family is looking for answers about the collision.

Community members gathered at the corner of 63rd Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road shortly after noon on Sunday to pray for the teen and her family.

The crowd of about 80 people placed candles, cards, stuffed animals, flowers and pom-poms at the memorial, less than a mile away from the school.

A mother of one of the other teens injured in the crash said her daughter has head trauma but is doing well.

She said her daughter is expected to be released from the hospital in a few days.

She said all three teens were best friends and on the high school’s varsity cheerleading squad and that coaches, teachers and students have come by the hospital to show their support.

“I’m not sure how to move forward,” the mother said. “We’ll keep praying, but it’s going to be hard.”

After a prayer at the vigil, the father of the teen on life support thanked the students for their support and asked them to be careful every time they get behind the wheel.

“Be careful on the road out there,” he told the crowd.

Sierra Linda Principal Tim Madrid said counseling services would be available today at the high school.