Lauren Turner, a second-year participant on the Cal State Fullerton ladies’s soccer group, has died almost six weeks after she and a teammate had been hit by a field truck whereas using electrical scooters on a street close to campus. She was 19.
“Early this morning, our candy Lauren fell asleep within the Lord,” her household wrote Friday on a GoFundMe web page that had been began to assist cowl her medical prices. “Our hearts are damaged, and our household is without end modified. We are going to miss her past measure, but we take nice consolation in understanding she is now within the loving embrace of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.”
A local of Tustin, Turner began enjoying soccer at age 4. She was a four-year varsity participant at Arnold O. Beckman Excessive College, together with two years as a group captain, and earned the group’s MVP award her junior yr. As a freshman at Cal State Fullerton she performed in all 20 video games, beginning in 4, and completed with one aim and one help. This season, she made eight begins in 10 video games.
“As a devoted soccer participant, she was recognized for her encouragement, willpower, and the way in which she lifted up these round her,” Turner’s household wrote. “Her teammates and coaches have shared numerous tales of her positivity, humor, competitiveness, and management — reminders of the sunshine she carried each on and off the sector.
“As her household, we at all times knew the goodness and light-weight that shone inside her, however to listen to others communicate of it affirms what a real blessing she was to everybody who knew her.”
Lauren Turner was remembered by her Cal State Fullerton teammates as “the funniest, most charismatic, and loving teammate you might ever ask for.”
(Cal State Fullerton Athletics)
Turner and her Titans teammate Ashlyn Gwynn had been using electrical scooters to a males’s soccer recreation round 7 p.m. Sept. 27 after they had been struck by a field truck on Related Street close to Yorba Linda Blvd. Boulevard, in accordance with the Fullerton Police Division.
Officers responding to the collision discovered two ladies “within the roadway with vital, life-threatening accidents,” a Fullerton police information launch stated.
First responders took the 2, who weren’t carrying helmets, to an area trauma heart. Alcohol and medicines didn’t seem like an element within the accident, the division stated.
Kristy Wells, a public data specialist for the Fullerton police, stated Tuesday that an investigation into the collision continues to be lively and ongoing. No prices in opposition to the motive force have been forwarded to the Orange County District Lawyer’s Workplace.
In response to an Oct. 30 replace on a GoFundMe web page began to help with Gwynn’s medical payments, Gwynn had progressed sufficient after a month in ICU to be moved to a progressive care unit.
“Her restoration has been nothing wanting miraculous,” Gwynn’s household wrote.
A candlelight vigil in Turner’s reminiscence might be held on Cal State Fullerton’s Titan Stadium subject 5:30 p.m. PST Wednesday.
“Lauren was the funniest, most charismatic, and loving teammate you might ever ask for,” Turner’s teammates from the 2025 soccer group stated in a press release. “She was the primary to rejoice different individuals’s wins. She is the true definition of an incredible particular person. She at all times carried herself with compassion, kindness, and happiness. The impression she made on the Titans ladies’s soccer program is immeasurable.
“She might be dearly missed by everybody however without end remembered by her Titan household. We love you Lauren, our No. 5 Endlessly.”
Occasions employees author Andrew J. Campa contributed to this report.
