Clewiston High School student dies in crash one day before graduating Published: May 14, 2021 5:39 PM EDT Updated: May 14, 2021 5:40 PM EDT Recommended A senior at Clewiston High School was set to graduate with his classmates on Friday. But, instead, 18-year-old Julian Avalo died in a crash on Flaghole Road, south of US-27, in Hendry County on Thursday. The crash happened just before 6:30 p.m. when Avalo lost control of his Ford sedan as he drove it in the rain, crossing into the way of an oncoming semi, according to the Florida Highway Patrol Avalo, a kidney transplant survivor, didn’t make it, but his family will remember him as a fighter.