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Community devastated after third teen dies following crash in Lake Placid
Jordan Bowen reports
LAKE PLACID, Fla. - A tragedy is rocking the small community of Lake Placid after three close friends were killed in a crash early Saturday morning. Among the victims were an avid fisherman, a young bull rider, and a 17-year-old aspiring veterinarian.
Austin Edwards, 21, had a love for hunting and fishing, but it hardly compares to the love he had for his mom. He was a momma s boy. There was never a time he didn t tell me he loved me. There was never a text that he didn t tell me he loved me, said Austin s mom, Samantha Rhymes.
Lake Placid community gathers to remember victims of crash that killed two, left teen critically injured
FOX 13 s Jordan Bowen reports
LAKE PLACID, Fla. - Two people are dead and a 17-year-old girl is fighting for her life in the hospital after a deadly crash in Highlands County. It happened early Saturday morning along State Road 70. We do have a very grieving community right now. This news hit really, really hard and close to home to so many, said Betsy Canevari, a friend to one of the victims.
Sunday, more than 500 community members held a vigil for the victims: 18-year-old Cope Brewer, who is a senior at Sebring High School and a bull rider, and 21-year-old Austin Edwards of Sebring. 17-year-old Lindsay Sapp remains in critical condition at Tampa General Hospital. Sapp is a junior at Lake Placid High School who Canevari said is an avid member of the 4H agricultural program.
LAKE PLACID There’s something magical about watching a child learn something new. There’s a moment a twinkle in a kid’s eye, a smile, a catching excitement when you can see that a child has absorbed a new bit of information or learned a new skill. It’s that exact moment that made Lake Placid native Crystal (Lawrence) McComber want to become a teacher. McComber, 42, is St. Agnes School’s Pre-K 3 teacher. As she spoke about her job on Wednesday, May 5 right in the middle of Teacher Appreciation Week her passion for teaching and her genuine love for her students was evident. Pushing back a lock of wavy, black hair, McComber smiled behind her mask as she talked about teaching her students how to hold a pencil, how to open their own snacks or discern between different facial expressions.