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TO HONOR THE YNGOU MAN, BUT ALSO TO SPOUPRT HIS MOM, WHO WAS ALSO INJURED IN THE CRASH AND IS STILL IN THIS HOSPITAL. A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE TEEN WHO IMPACTED SO MANY WITH HIS MUC.SI >> I BROKE DOWN LAST NIGHT. I’M FEELING BETTER BUT I’M STILL REALLY SAD ABOUT THIS. IT’S BEEN A HARD THING. KEI: SOME OF THOSE WHO KNEW SIDDHARTH SUHKDEO BEST HIS BAND CO MMUNITY CAME TOGETHER OUTSIDE HALIFAX HEALTH TUESDAY NIGHT TO REMEMBER THE TEEN KILLED BY A SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER EARLIER THIS WEEK. >> THIS IS LIKE LOSING MY NOW CHILD AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS, THEY’VE LOST A SIBLING. KELSI: SIDD WAS AN INTEGLRA MEMBER OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL’S BAND. HIS DEATH SENDING SHOCKWAVES THROUGH THEIR TIGHTKNIT COMMUNY.IT >> AN EXCELLENT STUDENT. A GIFTED MUSICIAN ON BOTH TRUMPET AND VIOLIN. HE’S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE MISS.ED KELSI:O TMAKE SURE HIS FALYMI KNOWS THAT, SHI BANDMATES LIT CANDLES OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL SI'D’S MOTHER IS STILL RECOVERING IN AND SENT UP ONE LAST CHEER IN HIS HONOR. >> STAY STRONG, BECAUSE AS LONG AS PEOPLE REMEMBER WHO HE ISND A AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO PLAY MUSIC, THE WAY HE IS, HIS MEMORY WILL REMAI

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Some of those who knew Siddharth Suhkdeo best, his band community, came together outside Halifax Health Tuesday night to remember the teen killed by a suspected drunk driver earlier this week."I broke down last night. I'm feeling better, but I'm still really sad about this. It's been a hard thing,” Samuel Scaccia, Sidd’s friend, said.They also showed up to display their support for Sidd's mom who was also injured in that crash and is still in the hospital. "This is like losing my own child and brothers and sisters, they've lost a sibling,” Dennis Scaccia, New Smyrna Beach High School band director, said.Sidd was an integral member of the school’s band.His death sent shockwaves through their tight-knit community."An excellent student. A gifted musician on both trumpet and violin. He's definitely going to be missed,” Andy Bigelow, president of the New Smyrna Beach Band Parents Association, said.To make sure his family knows that, his bandmates lit candles outside the hospital Sidd's mother is still recovering in and sent up one last cheer in his honor."Stay strong because as long as people remember who he is and as long as we continue to play music, the way he is, his memory will remain alive,” Samuel Scaccia said. This same band community is going to hold a second vigil for Sidd this Friday.That one will be at Riverside Park in New Smyrna Beach, closer to his home and high school.Today the state attorney's office filed a motion to revoke the bond of the suspect, Michael Miles, who posted bail last night.Police say Miles was under the influence when he slammed his pickup into the back of the Sukhdeo family van as they were stopped for a red light. Sidd was well-liked by many in the community, including another one of his music teachers."He listened like a sponge, he would take everything, come back prepared," Dick Cuchetti, director of the Cuchetti School of Music in Edgewater, said about Sukhdeo. Cuchetti has known the Sukhdeo family for years. He taught music to both Sukhdeo sons, trumpet and violin for Sidd, who was a junior at New Smyrna Beach High School.Cuchetti said the talented honor student's death is devastating but says the community is rallying around the beloved family."There's so many people that are loving them; it's almost like they're carrying you on their shoulders," Cuchetti said. Cuchetti says young Sidd was a joy, a positive influence, most recently during the pandemic."Here he is, an all-state trumpet player, violin player helping fourth- and third-grade kids during the pandemic. Sidd was that kind of a kid, he helped everybody," Cuchetti said.

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Some of those who knew Siddharth Suhkdeo best, his band community, came together outside Halifax Health Tuesday night to remember the teen killed by a suspected drunk driver earlier this week.

"I broke down last night. I'm feeling better, but I'm still really sad about this. It's been a hard thing,” Samuel Scaccia, Sidd’s friend, said.

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They also showed up to display their support for Sidd's mom who was also injured in that crash and is still in the hospital.

"This is like losing my own child and brothers and sisters, they've lost a sibling,” Dennis Scaccia, New Smyrna Beach High School band director, said.

Sidd was an integral member of the school’s band.

His death sent shockwaves through their tight-knit community.

"An excellent student. A gifted musician on both trumpet and violin. He's definitely going to be missed,” Andy Bigelow, president of the New Smyrna Beach Band Parents Association, said.

To make sure his family knows that, his bandmates lit candles outside the hospital Sidd's mother is still recovering in and sent up one last cheer in his honor.

"Stay strong because as long as people remember who he is and as long as we continue to play music, the way he is, his memory will remain alive,” Samuel Scaccia said.

This same band community is going to hold a second vigil for Sidd this Friday.

That one will be at Riverside Park in New Smyrna Beach, closer to his home and high school.

Today the state attorney's office filed a motion to revoke the bond of the suspect, Michael Miles, who posted bail last night.

Police say Miles was under the influence when he slammed his pickup into the back of the Sukhdeo family van as they were stopped for a red light.

Sidd was well-liked by many in the community, including another one of his music teachers.

"He listened like a sponge, he would take everything, come back prepared," Dick Cuchetti, director of the Cuchetti School of Music in Edgewater, said about Sukhdeo.

Cuchetti has known the Sukhdeo family for years. He taught music to both Sukhdeo sons, trumpet and violin for Sidd, who was a junior at New Smyrna Beach High School.

Cuchetti said the talented honor student's death is devastating but says the community is rallying around the beloved family.

"There's so many people that are loving them; it's almost like they're carrying you on their shoulders," Cuchetti said.

Cuchetti says young Sidd was a joy, a positive influence, most recently during the pandemic.

"Here he is, an all-state trumpet player, violin player helping fourth- and third-grade kids during the pandemic. Sidd was that kind of a kid, he helped everybody," Cuchetti said.

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