An F.H. Collins Secondary School student, graduating this year, was killed Saturday evening in an ATV accident in the Cowley Creek area of Whitehorse.

Numerous high school students around the city gathered informally at F.H. Collins this morning. They remembered Jeff Young as a 'cool guy' who was 'always happy' and loved a good time, but made sure he played it safe.

The 18-year-old, who was planning to go to college with his girlfriend, was wearing a helmet when he fell from the ATV, Whitehorse RCMP Sgt. Ross Milward said this morning.

Alcohol was not a factor in the tragedy.

Police were called to Dolly Varden Road at around 8:40 p.m. Saturday.

Young and his friend, who was travelling by motorbike, were performing stunts until Young tried to do a side-saddle by lifting his leg up, Milward said. He lost control of the quad and fell. The ATV landed on him.

'He was wearing a helmet, but it doesn't protect your chest,' said Milward.

His friend was able to roll the ATV off Young, but after being rushed to Whitehorse General Hospital, he was pronounced dead as a result of the internal injuries, said Milward.

'He was always careful,' said one of about 20 friends gathered in the parking lot of the Riverdale high school this morning.

Friends cried, exchanging hugs and memories of the young man who prided himself on 'going big'.

'Go big or go home,' one student recalled him saying on more than one occasion.

'He was always happy,' said another, who was wearing a shirt in his honour.

The T-shirts, made Sunday night, show a picture of Young on the front 'in loving memory', while the back displays Young's sillier side.

'What sound does a camel make? Camel,' the shirt states, showing Young giving two thumbs up.

Asked what kind of person Young was, his four friends wearing the shirt turned around and replied that the back of the shirt says it all.

One night, said Miranda Sheppard, they had tried to figure out what sound a camel makes, e-mailing everyone they could until finally they ended up calling another friend around 4 a.m. Even then they still didn't figure it out.

While the larger group gathered in the parking lot remembering Young, others like Grade 11 students Adrien Fortin and Amber Taylor sat together near the school's field recalling their memories of the young man.

'You never saw him pissed off,' said Fortin, also remembering Young's generousity any time he needed to borrow money.

'He wasn't chintzy,' said Fortin.

Young and his girlfriend had been set to go to college together after Young finished up a couple of classes, said Taylor.

Young was likely planning to take something to do with making movies, said Fortin.

'He loved that,' he said.

Fortin and Young had been in an art class together where students had to make a DVD. Young's production had been on the solar bike race all the schools participated in.

'It was actually really good,' said Fortin, though he used to bug Young about it, saying marks should have been taken off because the DVD didn't have any special features.

By the time they arrived at school today, many students already knew about the crash.

'It was bad,' said Fortin.

One friend of Young's told Fortin he didn't want to go to the class he had with Young because it was Young who made the class fun. The pair had hung out in class and skipped a few together as well.

Young and his girlfriend had shared a locker together throughout the school year, said Fortin, whose locker was next to the theirs.

'Nobody wanted to open that locker today,' he said. 'A lot of people are missing him.'