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A North Carolina rising high school senior died in a tragic accident while driving to work on Aug. 14

Gary Landyn Jacobs, who goes by his middle name, crashed his car into a tree while heading to his family's logging business at 4 a.m.

Jacos was remembered by an uncle as “a go-getter and a clown on the baseball field that made everybody laugh"

A teenage boy in North Carolina died after crashing his car into a tree while on the way to work in the early hours of Thursday, Aug. 14.

High school student Gary Landyn Jacobs, 17, was headed to a job for his family's logging business around 4 a.m. when his car hit a tree on Canal Cove Road in Lake Waccamaw, according to WECT .

The logging crew was reportedly working in the nearby Green Swamp Preserve, according to Columbus Cou

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