A standout college hockey player died last week after being hit by a train in his hometown.
Elliott Kropf, 16, is being remembered by his family as a caring and passionate person, a week after the tragedy in New Canaan, Connecticut.
He died after being struck by a Metro-North train at the Talmadge Hill station around 11:10 p.m. Saturday, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department confirmed in a statement.
The collision did not appear to have any criminal aspect, police said, adding that the high school student was pronounced dead at the scene.
The state’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said the cause and manner of Elliott’s death remain pending. The New Canaan Superintendent of Schools praised the teen for his prowess on the ice and as a student.
Elliott Kropf, 16, is being remembered by his family as a caring and passionate person after being hit by a train in New Canaan, Connecticut, last week.
Elliott had been a standout member of the New Canaan High School hockey team, where he was a senior and also an “excellent student,” officials said.
“My heart is broken for Elliott, his family and everyone who knew and loved him,” Bryan Luizzi said, revealing how city schools would be on a two-hour delay Monday due to the boy’s death.
‘Together, let’s keep them all in our thoughts and prayers as we support each other during this difficult time.’
The official concluded by commenting on how the senior had been a “strong student” and “excellent athlete” during his three years at New Canaan High School, while allowing his friends and family to speak to counselors and staff.
Athletic director Jay Egan said all New Canaan High School sporting events on Monday would be postponed as locals came to terms with the unexplained tragedy.
“There really are no words to describe this,” Egan said in his own statement. “You lose a family member, that’s what it is. It’s hard on everybody. It’s hard on the students, it’s hard on the teachers, and everybody just wants to do the right thing.”
The day he died, Elliott was playing a hockey game in a fall league that was not connected to his school but included many of the same players, said his father, Scott Kropf. the Stamford lawyer.
After that, he returned home showered, after going out to dinner and spending time with a friend, his father said.
At some point he left again, but never came back.
Elliot is pictured here with his parents Scott Kropf and Ngoc Dinh. “He loved life, he was passionate, if he loved you, you knew it,” his mother said.
“He loved life, he was passionate, if he loved you, you knew it,” his mother Ngoc Dinh told the local newspaper this week in an interview. “He equated the team (the New Canaan High School Rams) and friends as family.
“We thank you all for loving him too.”
The couple, along with their two youngest sons, Charlie, 15, and Harrison, 9, are now trying to make sense of the tragedy, against the backdrop of overwhelming support.
Although the circumstances of his death remain shrouded in mystery, “Krop’s last day was beautiful,” his father said, citing how the teenager had spent time with friends, teammates and family.
“It was everything I loved,” Kropf said.
On how her son would be remembered on the ice, she said: “He was really magnetic. One of the kids called him the ‘glue guy,’ because he held the team together.”
A memorial service was held at St. Aloysius Church on Monday, where attendees were asked to “bring hockey sticks and/or golf clubs to Weeburn for a moment of silence and a group photo.”
Elliott had also been an avid golfer and was remembered at the start of Wednesday night’s City Council meeting by Chairman Michael Mauro.
While the circumstances of his death remain shrouded in mystery, Krop’s “last day was beautiful,” his father said, citing how the teen had spent time with friends, teammates and family.
Elliott had also been an avid golfer and was remembered at the start of Wednesday night’s City Council meeting.
“I want to acknowledge the loss of one of our beautiful city children in a very tragic incident that occurred over the weekend,” he said.
‘And I would like to propose a moment of silence in his honour.
“It’s one of those moments in life that absolutely shatters your existence and we mourn it as a community with the family,” Mauro continued.
“Let us keep them in our thoughts and prayers as they go through an extraordinarily tragic time.”