wilberto pitre was pronounced dead at the scene. his passenger was rushed to the hospital. school officials confirm he was a sophomore at the school. >> we did let the students know last night what had happened. so they are not coming in unaware. not a total shock. >> reporter: that doesn't make the news any easier especially for his close-knit group of friends in the band. >> loved to be around people. he was always about other people. how are you doing today, he was always asking, is everything good? he would sit with somebody if they were hurting. a great kid to be around. >> reporter: and that's exactly how teachers and friends plan to remember him. >> he's part of our family. we'll remember him. >> police have not released the name of his passenger or her condition. >>> today a judge ruled that a montgomery county mother held in the disappearance of her two children is incompetent. the children have been missing since september 2014 diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, this is the fourth time the mother has been deemed mentally unfit to stand trial. the children's fa

wilberto pitre. he's not old enough to have a license and police say he was spotted driving after midnight with his headlights turned off. when a deputy tried to pull him over police say pitre sped away and crashed into another car. pitre was a sophomore at loudoun valley high school and he's being remembered by teachers and student as a fun-loving student with a passion for music. >> he was in the marching band and jazz band and just loved music. he was learning to play the bass because he wanted to play bass in the jadz band next year. >> a 15-year-old girl was in the car with pitre when he crashed. she was taken to the hospital and she is expected to survive. >>> if you stepped outside it was the coldest day of the season so far. let's get right to the storm center. doug, are we going to be below freezing again tonight? >> yeah. we will be everywhere again. this was the first time we were below freezing at the airport and we'll hit temperatures of 32 degrees and the winds, they've had a factor and

police say 15 year wilberto pitre was too young to have a license and didn't stop when police tried to stop him because his lights were turned off. students wore pink in his memory. >> he was a kind person, in good spirits, cheered everybody up. >> he loved to be about people. he was always about t.other people. >> his 15 year old passenger are recovering in the hospital. >>> katherine heichel remains incompetent to stand trial but the charges against her will not be dropped. the 29 year old is charged in the disappearance of hadder children sarah and jacob. they have not been seen since they disappeared in september 2014. the children's father troy turner says he spoke with katherine recently hoping to learn where the children might be. >> i let her know that everyone out here understands that it's a possibility that she killed my children. she denied that again. >> she's due back in court in february and until then remains at the cliff ton t perkins hospital. >>> it's taken 15 years but montgomery county police say they know who killed a lady on her front door step. susan street was

justthe heartache is starting to set in for students and staff. 15-year-old sophomore wilberto pitre, seen here in his facebook picture, was killed in a fiery car crash early sunday morning. >> he was a bright person, all around kind, it is just sad. set to see that he has passed away. sheriff's office says they noticed him driving without his headlights early sunday. he briefly stopped twice when they tried to pull them over, but he's better off each time. deputies lost sight of the teen's car and less than a minute after the initial crash, he died at the scene. his female passenger was flown to the hospital in serious condition, but with non-life-threatening injuries. don't make a temporary decision that is going to have a permanent impact. don't overreact. sam: it remains unclear why he was driving in the first place. counselorsol, grief will remain on campus throughout the week. sam sweeney, abc 7 news. jummy: catherine hoggle once again deemed mentally unfit to stand trial in the disappearance of her two young children. jeannette reyes has the latest. hearing isthe status taking

the loss of her 15-year-old son wilberto pitre. >> we're doing as good as we can, but i am proud to celebrate his life. >> wilberto was a sophomore at loudoun valley high school. he's being remembered for his fun-loving personality and musical talents and played multiple instruments. >> he wanted people to know that they were loved, and that they were heard. he listened. he listened a lot. >> his mom said she had no idea he had taken the car. he didn't have a license and had only practiced driving. she got a call from police when wilberto crashed the car after running from an attempted traffic stop and he died at the scene. >> at 15, he made a very, very hard mistake and he can't learn from, but i want us to. >> reporter: at school, students wore pink in his memory. it was just last month that he dyed his hair pink in honor of his grandmother who had battled and survived breast cancer. gabrielle is his sister and a senior at loudoun valley. she says her brother meant the world to her. >> he always came to my room to talk to me about whatever was going on, and asked me how i was doing and he w

. >> wilberto pitre iii died in a car crash in sterling early sunday and he was a sophomore at loudoun valley high school. he is remembered as a fun person and musically tal ended. he played saxophone in the marching band. >> i called him berto when i wanted to have fun with him because he was a fun-loving kid and he loved to be around people and he was all about other people. >> reporter: the teen was driving his parent's car without permission and without a license. when he crashed on east beech road in sterling at 12:30 in the morning. pitre sped away from an attempted traffic stop. a sheriff's deputy tried to pull him over because his headlights were not on, but when he didn't stop, she pursued and less than a minute later pitre crashed into some parked cars. his 15-year-old passenger was also seriously hurt. at school students wore pink in his memory. he had earlier dyed hads hair pink in honor of breast cancer awareness. students are learning a very difficult lesson through this tragedy. >> don't make a temporary decision that will have a permanent impact. we try to have them mak