Students at Ross Sheppard High School are grieving the loss of a friend, mentor and father figure.

Two days after a highway crash in B.C., many students at the high school are still trying to deal with the tragic loss of a popular Christian youth leader.

Julian Dabbagh, 33, was killed in a collision Saturday afternoon after his car veered off the Coquihalla highway near Kamloops, and flipped several times.

RCMP said they believe Dabbagh wasn't wearing a seatbelt at the time. 

Dabbagh, his pregnant wife and two small children, Ella, 4, and Everett, 2, were on their way to a Young Life Conference in Princeton, B.C. when the accident occurred.

Both his wife and his children survived the crash. Emergency officials said Ella suffered a fractured skull but should be out of hospital sometime Monday.

In a tragic coincidence, Dabbagh's father died in a crash when he was two years old.

Meanwhile, family and friends are remembering him as a great father.

Russ Kelemen, a long time friend and former teacher, was in town visiting from Texas when he met up with Debbagh right before his trip.

Shortly before they parted, Kelemen spoke to Debbagh and his brother about the crash that claimed their father's life 30 years ago.

"They didn't really know him," Kelemen said. "I think that's why he strove so hard to be such a great dad, cause he knew what he missed."

Family and friends also remember him as someone who would befriend anyone.

"He was kind of everyone's best friend," Austin Hinchey said. "He would do anything for anyone."

"He gave us all his cell number," Colton Roy said. "You could always call him and get advice or just help. He was always there if you wanted to talk."

Teenager Gord Farnell said he is still in disbelief.

"This isn't happening," he said. "I just couldn't believe it. I still can't believe it, it's just all over in my head."

Others recalled fond memories of how Dabbagh touched their lives.

"A few of us had kind of been arguing back and forth and he was giving us all a ride back in his van, and he popped in a Disney CD," Colton Roy said. "We all listened to Disney songs like the Jungle Book and we all sang along and right away no one was fighting anymore."

Farnell created a Facebook group in remembrance of his mentor and friend.

The group "Remembering Julian Dabbagh" had over 600 members by late Monday.

This is the second tragedy to hit Ross Sheppard High School in two months. In May, one of their classmates, a 17-year-old girl, was murdered.