Shannon Ewing

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Palm Beach County mother is grieving the loss of her 17-year-old son, David Ewing, who died in a crash on Thanksgiving Day .

Shannon Ewing remembers David as gentle, loving and kind. Investigators say the driver, one of David’s friends, lost control in a curve and hit a tree in the J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management area near the Acreage.

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“It’s been almost a week now and it still doesn’t seem like it’s real,” said Shannon. “I actually just collapsed on the floor and because of it, you hear about it happening to other people, but you don’t think about that as a parent when you hear about it, it's heartbreaking.”

The Palm Beach County Sherif

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