Candlelight vigil to be held Thursday to honour Dendrae Thunder Lonechild

Candles will be lit up Thursday for a teenager who died Sunday in Regina.

A candlelight vigil will be held in memory of 16-year-old Dendrae Thunder Lonechild starting at 5 p.m. on 13th Avenue between Garnet and Cameron streets.

Lonechild lost his life on Sunday after being hit by a car in Regina’s Cathedral neighbourhood.

Paramedics arrived and confirmed he was dead. The driver of the vehicle involved remained at the scene.