The kids who lost their friend, his parents and his family have suffered a tragic loss. Maybe Chase was swerving because of a deer. Maybe a bee stung him. Maybe he was texting. Who knows. The end result is that he and another person dies. Chase killed someone. Tragic. He was killed too. Tragic. The people who loved him he a chance to celebrate who he was to them. 
May he and Todd Kenady rest in peace.