Cal State Fullerton soccer player Lauren Turner is dead at age 19 nearly, six weeks after she and a teammate were hit by a box truck while riding electric scooters near campus.

“Early this morning, our sweet Lauren fell asleep in the Lord,” her family wrote on Friday, November 7 on a GoFundMe page launched to help cover her medical costs. “Our hearts are broken, and our family is forever changed. We will miss her beyond measure, yet we take great comfort in knowing she is now in the loving embrace of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.”

The accident happened on September 27 when Turner and teammate Ashlyn Gwynn were riding their scooters to a Titans men’s soccer game. Responding officers found the two “in the roadway with significant, life-threatening injuries,” according to a release fro

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