The Washougal High School community turned out to the Panthers boys basketball game against Woodland High on Thursday, Jan. 29, dressed in pink and armed with messages of love to help honor a 2024 Washougal High graduate killed last week in a wrong-way driver collision on Interstate 5.
Mia Tanner Lockard, 18, a 2024 Washougal High School graduate, died Jan. 23 after a wrong-way driver struck her vehicle with his pickup truck on I-5 near Lakewood, Washington.
“Mia was a fantastic daughter, sister, and friend,” Scott Lockard, Tanner Lockard’s father, told the Post-Record. “She loved her family, friends, and this community deeply. Her family is devastated by her passing.”
Students, staff and families honored Tanner Lockard by wearing pink and posting notes to Tanner Lockard and her family on a white poster board placed in the high school’s commons area during the game.
“We have been blessed during this tragedy with non-stop support and love from family, friends, and the Washougal and Camas communities,” Lockard said. “They have wrapped their arms around Mia’s family and sustained us during this heartbreaking time in our lives. We are eternally grateful for the support, condolences, and empathy shown. We love you all.”