Heroic Buffalo Grove guard dies after shielding students in campus crash

TL;DR
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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- Orlando Rivas dies after trying to shield students from pole in Buffalo Grove High School crash near Dundee Road: officials ABC7 Chicago
- Buffalo Grove HS security guard dies after shielding students from car NBC 5 Chicago
- Buffalo Grove High School security guard injured in crash near school grounds dies WGN-TV
- Fundraising campaign started for Buffalo Grove High security guard injured while protecting students Daily Herald
- Buffalo Grove HS security guard in coma after trying to shield students from falling pole: family Yahoo
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