A high school cheerleader has tragically been found dead just weeks after she appeared on the hit TV show “America’s Got Talent.”
17-year-old Emily Gold reportedly committed suicide by jumping from an overpass in her home state of California.
The teen was a senior and varsity dance captain at Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga.
California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Rodrigo Jimenez said Gold had been struck by at least one vehicle after jumping from an overpass onto the freeway below.
Police received a call about “a pedestrian down in lanes on eastbound SR-210, east of Haven Avenue.”
“When the officers arrived, they located a female, 17 year old, who was struck by at least one other vehicle in the carpool lane on eastbound 210,” Jimenez said.
“The female did succumb to her injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene.”
The San Bernardino Coroner’s Office ruled the death a suicide.
There was no suicide note found.
Gold appeared with her cheerleading team on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.”
She impressed judge Simon Cowell before the team’s elimination in the quarterfinals last month.
Cowell called their performance “absolutely brilliant.”
“What I loved about this was first of all the