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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A fifth Long Island teenager involved in a horrific head-on collision over the weekend has died, police announced Monday. Five teens , who were all current or former students at Farmingdale High School , were riding in a 2001 Nissan when the vehicle crossed the center line on Conklin Street and collided head-on with an GMC Suburban minutes after midnight Saturday, police said. One of the victims, identified as 17-year-old Cody Talanian, survived the crash and was rushed to Nassau University Medical Center. He died Sunday night. play pause Police: Fifth Teen Victim Of Farmingdale Car Crash Dies 1010 WINS' Mona Rivera reports Neighbors said his mother was at his side holding his hand. “We were really hoping he would pull through,” neighbor Jessica McEachern told 1010 WINS’ Mona Rivera. “Just to hear about this happening right on Mother’s Day, I mean, I just can’t imagine. It’s just a horrible, horrible thing.” Families of the victims, identified as Tristan K. Reichle, 17, Jesse J, Romero, 18, Noah Tziamihas, 15, and Carly Lonborg, 14, are grappling with the loss of a child. “I can’t live without him,” Romero’s father, Emilio, told CBS 2′s Weijia Jiang. “He had a nice heart.” “Hold your babies close and tight because you never know when they’re going tobe taken from you,” said Noah’s sister, Celeste Tziamihas. She became his legal guardian in August when their father died; their mom passed when Noah was a baby. Noah texted his sister 15 minutes before the crash to say he was coming home, Jiang reported. “Yesterday was Mother’s Day. My mom hadn’t held him since he was two and she got him yesterday,” she said. “I had him for 13 years, but she got him yesterday.” Grief counselors are at Farmingdale High School to help students cope with the loss. School officials posted a message on Twitter encouraging students to wear green Monday in a show of solidarity. Wear green on Monday to demonstrate our Daler pride!— FHS Dalers (@FHSDalers) May 11, 2014 “This has been a heartbreaking time for our Farmingdale School District community as well as the greater Farmingdale community,” School Superintendent John Lorentz said in a statement Monday. “There is nothing more devastating than losing a child.” On Sunday night, more than a thousand people attended a prayer vigil in Farmingdale. The vigil drew such a large crowd that speakers had to be set up outside to handle the overflow. In a moving gesture, first responders lined up outside of the church in a show of support. The driver of the GMC and a female passenger, who have not been identified, were also seriously injured in the crash. You May Also Be Interested In These Stories: NYPD’s Aviation Unit Rescues Injured Hiker From