Heroic Buffalo Grove guard dies after shielding students in campus crash

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Heroic Buffalo Grove guard dies after shielding students in campus crash
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Orlando Rivas, 52, a Buffalo Grove High School security guard, died Friday from a traumatic brain injury after a car leaving the high school struck a pole and fell onto him as students were dismissed; he had been in a coma following surgery to relieve brain swelling. Devoted to his family, his colleagues and students remember him as selfless and beloved, and a GoFundMe has surpassed $100,000 in support. No citations or charges have been filed as police and school officials mourn the loss.

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