Nick Miner, 18, was attempting to assist a truck again onto the highway, authorities mentioned.
A excessive school quarterback was killed Sunday in Florida when a driver crashed into his truck while he was attempting to assist a car again onto the highway, authorities mentioned.
A lady driving a Honda Insight did not see 18-year-old Nick Miner’s Ford F-150 pickup stopped in the highway and collided with it on Dallas Boulevard, simply south of Oberly Parkway in Orlando, in response to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Miner had been attempting to assist pull a second F-150 pickup again onto the highway after it turned stuck on the east shoulder, authorities mentioned. Miner’s truck was overturned in the collision and he sustained deadly accidents after being ejected, in response to an FHP press launch.
Two ladies, 17 and 20, have been standing outdoors the stranded truck and have been hit by Miner’s pickup in the course of the collision, the freeway patrol mentioned.
They have been taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center with non-life-threatening accidents, in response to the discharge.
East River High School Principal Becky Watson issued an announcement following the deadly incident, saying she “was notified of the tragic death of one of our students.”
“I know I speak for the entire East River High community when I express the grief felt at the loss of one of our own,” she wrote. “My thoughts and prayers are with this student’s family and friends as they go through this extremely difficult time.”
The excessive school had grief counselors on campus Monday “for any student or staff member who needs to speak with someone about this loss,” the excessive school wrote on Twitter.
A memorial has been began on the crash web site in Orange County, in response to a report.
“It’s a brotherhood, and Nick was like the leader of the brotherhood,” one in every of his teammates, Cole Strawder, instructed Orlando ABC affiliate WFTV9. “He went out doing what he was always doing. Helping people out and being a leader.”
The Florida Highway Patrol mentioned there’s nonetheless an energetic investigation and costs are pending.