FULLERTON (CNS) – Cal Sate Fullerton women’s soccer player Lauren Turner has died about a month and a half after she and a teammate were struck by a truck while riding electric scooters in Fullerton, the university announced.
Turner died Friday, according to a post on the CSUF website.
“Lauren was the funniest, most charismatic, and loving teammate you could ever ask for,” the school’s athletics department said in a statement posted Monday. “She was the first to celebrate other people’s wins. She is the true definition of an amazing person. She always carried herself with compassion, kindness, and happiness. The impact she made on the Titans women’s soccer program is immeasurable. She will be dearly missed by everyone but forever remembered by her Titan family. We love you Lauren, our No. 5 Forever.”
The Titans athletics department will host a candlelight vigil to honor Turner at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday on the field at Titan Stadium.
Turner, a sophomore from Tustin, and teammate Ashlyn Gwynn were injured at about 7 p.m. on Sept. 27 near Association Road and Yorba Linda Boulevard.
They were riding their scooters southbound on Association Road in the number-two lane when the box truck, also going southbound in the number two lane, collided with both riders, according to the Fullerton Police Department.
Both women were rushed to a hospital in critical condition. Gwynn eventually was moved out of ICU and has been accepted into a rehabilitation program in Houston for what is expected to be a long, arduous recovery, according to the OC Register.
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