Deejay Tuiasosopo.Credit: GoFundMe
Deejay Tuiasosopo.
Credit: GoFundMe

NEED TO KNOW

  • A 16-year-old boy was fatally struck on the side of the road in Washington on Oct. 23

  • Deejay Tuiasosopo, a high school junior, was killed after a football game

  • Two men are now facing charges in connection with the death of the teenager

A 16-year-old student-athlete was killed during a car crash in Washington. 

Deejay Tuiasosopo was fatally struck after a football game while he was standing on the sidewalk of Pacific Highway South in Federal Way at around 10:45 p.m. local time on Oct. 23, KOMO News, KOLD and My Northwest reported.