Twelve-year-old Jacob Snively, of Ohio Township, was heading to one of the activities that he loved the most when he was killed in a car accident at Hillendale and Rochester roads in Ross Friday.

"He loved camping with the Boy Scouts and that's where they were going, heading out for a weekend camping trip," said Jacob's uncle David Hiller, of Pleasant Hills. "He left for that trip very happy."

Mr. Hiller said Jacob's parents, James and Anne Snively, were too distraught to talk to the media about their son, but they wanted Jacob to be remembered for his unbounded enthusiasm.

"His dad Jim said the sky was the limit for him," Mr. Hiller said. "He would push, and he would try things, and I never saw him discouraged."

Mr. Hiller described his nephew as "lively and easy going," and "someone who brought out the best in people and made everyone feel comfortable."

Jacob was in sixth grade at Avonworth Middle School.

Jacob was active in scouting from a young age and was on his way to Camp Guyasuta when the accident occurred. Ross police said the three-vehicle accident happened when a pickup truck came down Hillendale Road and failed to stop at the stop sign at Rochester Road.

The truck struck the station wagon in which Jacob and three other boys were passengers. That caused a chain-reaction accident with another car on Rochester Road.

The driver of the station wagon and one of the other children were reported to be seriously injured. Their names have not been released, but Charles George, assistant scoutmaster for Troop 321, Jacob's troop, said a mother of one of the scouts was driving the station wagon.

Police have not filed any charges in the accident. The drivers of the pickup truck and the third vehicle were not injured, police said.

Mr. George, in an e-mail, said Jacob had "an infectious smile. It was rare to see him unhappy or bored, and it was very hard to leave a conversation with him and not be smiling yourself."

Mr. George said Jacob advanced through the levels of Cub Scouting, earning his Arrow of Light and advancing to Boy Scout Troop 321. He recently attained the Tenderfoot rank.

In addition to being involved in Boy Scouts from a young age, Jacob played soccer in the Avonworth Soccer Association as a midfielder. He was also a guitar player, which made him a superstar of sorts at the video game Guitar Hero, which he loved to play, his uncle said.

In addition to his parents and uncle, Jacob is survived by a brother, Benjamin David; his maternal grandmother, Mary Hiller; his paternal grandmother Sarah Snively; an uncle Joshua Snively; and an aunt, Marta Schroyer.

Visitation will be today and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the McDonald-Linn Funeral Home in Avalon. Memorial services will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Community Presbyterian Church of Ben Avon, 7501 Church Ave.

The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the National Hemophilia Foundation of Greater Pittsburgh, 532 S. Aiken Ave. Suite 102, Pittsburgh 15232, or to the Greater Pittsburgh Council, Boy Scouts of American, Flag Plaza, 1275 Bedford Ave., Pittsburgh 15219.