SARDIS, Ala. ( WBRC ) - The family of Branson Peppers, a 15-year-old student at Sardis High School who died in an ATV crash, is still grieving.

Etowah County School Superintendent Dr. Alan Cosby says the Sardis community is coming together to support the Peppers family.

Just before 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) State Troopers reported that 15-year-old Branson Peppers was involved in a fatal crash .

“Everything he did, he did wide open. He only had one speed and he always gave one hundred percent no matter what he did,” said his father, Jason Peppers.

ALEA says Peppers was driving an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) on Cox Gap Road near Walter Whitt Road when he hit a truck head on. State Troopers say the truck was being driven by a 16-year-ol

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