North Carolina Teenager, Aspiring Truck Mechanic, Killed On Way To Senior Prom

A teen headed to prom successful North Carolina was killed connected Saturday successful a car clang aft he decided last-minute that he wanted to spell to nan event.

Will Turner, 17, was group to postgraduate from North Stokes High School successful Danbury, North Carolina, according to The Charlotte Observer. He was going to be trucking schoolhouse pinch hopes of becoming a diesel mechanic.

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol said Turner veered disconnected nan roadworthy while driving a Ford Taurus and deed 2 trees successful Stokes County. He was pronounced dormant astatine nan segment of nan crash, they added.

State road patrol troopers said velocity was 1 facet successful nan accident.

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Will Turner, 17, was group to postgraduate from North Stokes High School successful May. (Will Turner/Facebook)

Bonnie Roberts, Turner's grandmother, said nan teen recovered a stone that publication "I'm ready" conscionable hours earlier nan crash. 

"Yesterday earlier his accident, William Turner recovered 1 of those rocks group time off truthful you tin station pics connected fb. If yall look adjacent to what it says connected nan rock.  Says I'M READY! I deliberation God was letting america cognize he was coming to get Will to bring him location to heaven. God whitethorn person been ready but we were not. Oh my saccharine grandson. How our hearts are broken," Roberts said successful a Facebook post. "We emotion and miss you truthful much."

Turner's foster mom, Tina Lawson, said he was "the sweetest, astir loving kid you person ever met," FOX 8 reported.

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Bonnie Roberts, Will Turner's grandmother, said nan teen recovered a stone that publication "I'm ready" conscionable hours earlier nan crash. (Bonnie Roberts/Facebook)

"If you needed thing and he had it, it was yours. He conscionable gave," she added.

North Stokes High School Principal Ricky Vernon told ABC 45 that Turner was known for his consciousness of humor.

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Pictured is nan stone Will Turner recovered that publication "I'm ready." (Bonnie Roberts/Facebook)

"He would ace you up pinch a joke each day," Vernon said.