Students and athletes at California State University Fullerton are preparing to gather on Wednesday for a candlelight vigil to honor the life of a soccer star who was hit by a box truck while traveling on an electric scooter.

Lauren Turner, a 19-year-old sophomore on CSU Fullerton’s soccer team, died Friday after spending weeks under intensive care, according to the university. She and her teammate, Ashlyn Gwynn, were riding electric scooters near campus on Sept. 27 when they were hit by a box truck.

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“It has been rough, and I think as best as we can, our program, our athletic department, has leaned on each other to make sure we get through this together,” head coach Demian Brown said.

Turner died six weeks after

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