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A college soccer player has died weeks after she and her teammate were struck by a box truck while riding electric scooters in California in September, school officials announced this week. She was just 19.

Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer player Lauren Turner died Nov. 7, nearly six weeks after she sustained life-threatening injuries when she and teammate Ashlyn Gwynn were struck by a box truck.

“The Cal State Fullerton Athletics Department is heartbroken to announce the news of the passing of women’s soccer student-athlete Lauren Turner, who passed away on Friday, November 7th after a nearly six-week stay in the ICU following a tragic off-campus traffic collision,” the university announced in a press release Monday.

“Our thoughts and pray

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