According to reports, a Florida high school student was involved in an accident on Sunday as he tried to help another driver.
Nick Miner, 18, was in a pickup truck when he stopped on the side of the road to aid a driver who was stuck in a ditch, according to officials.
Miner was thrown out of her vehicle after a Honda Insight driven a 27-year old woman struck Miner’s pickup. His truck flipped over and landed on the teen, killing him, according to the Florida Highway Patrol and WESH
.Two young women, both from the same family, were also seriously injured and taken to the hospital.
Miner was a senior football quarterback at East River High School. Friends and colleagues are grieving the loss of Miner.
“It hurts. He was a brother of the family. I wish he was still here,”Parker Stoner, Miner’s football teammate Fox35 Orlando.
According to the outlet, Miner was killed by a car accident. A roadside memorial has been established.
Becky Watson, East River High school Principal A statement was issued saying, “I know I speak for our entire East River High community when I express the grief felt at the loss of one of our own.”
Monday was a day that school officials offered grief counseling on campus to any student or staff member. CBS
.A GoFundMe was set up to cover funeral expenses for the Miner family. The fundraiser had received just $54,000 of their $50,000 goal as of Tuesday.
Officials say that the investigation into the crash is ongoing.
