Holding balloons and candles, they shared stories of the man who was well known and loved by many in West Park. Born and raised right here in the city of West Park. Local 10 News has learned Rembert was the principal of West Park Preparatory School, located six blocks from where he lost his life. Local 10 News contacted West Park Preparatory, which issued a statement that read, "Dr. Rembert was an amazing family man, father, minister, principal and friend. “Just a great loss to the community, a great loss to Broward County,” Brunson said.

WEST PARK, Fla. – Some West Park Preparatory School students were in tears Thursday afternoon when they learned a driver had run over their beloved mentor -- killing him in a Broward County street. “He was a great member of the community,” Felicia M. Brunson, a city of West Park commissioner, said about Rembert, who was the head of the West Park Preparatory School. (Courtesy of the West Park Preparatory School)Distraught relatives said Rembert, who was always willing to help others, was rushing to the aid of someone who had been involved in a fender-bender crash nearby. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies closed the area of Hallandale Beach Boulevard to investigate the fatal crash about six blocks away from the private school he founded and ran at 2201 SW 42 Ave.“This is a tremendous loss for West Park Preparatory School and our community,” West Park Preparatory School staff members said in a statement. We are sure his legacy of being a servant leader will live on in the lives of those he touched.