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Friends, Family Mourn Loss Of Teen Killed While Riding Bike

BOSTON (CBS) - A friend of 19-year-old Antawani Wright Davis remembered him Saturday as a talented teen who was full of potential.

Antawani was killed while riding his bicycle Friday afternoon when he was struck by a dump truck near East Cottage Street in Dorchester.

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Antawani Wright Davis, 19, was struck and killed while riding his bicycle. (Image credit: Suhayl Azan)

Those closest to Antawani are now heartbroken.

"It hurts. You could see, he is something special," his friend, Suhayl Azan, cried.

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The scene of fatal bicycle crash that killed Antawani Wright Davis. (WBZ-TV)

Antawani was a singer, an actor and a model, and "he did many things very well," said Azan, who last saw Antawani a few days before he was killed, when they had dinner together.

Azan, a photographer, captured images of his friend just a week before he was killed.

"I think his goals as far as modeling was where his sights were set," he said.

A local bike shop has donated a bicycle in honor of Antawani. It now hangs right outside of Antawani's house, where his mother is trying to come to terms with his loss.

"She broke down, a lot of tears. She's pulling herself together. She's very strong," Azan said.

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