ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A tribute was held for an 18-year-old Orlando high school star quarterback as his football team will play their first game since he was killed in a crash.
Nick Miner was the star quarterback at East River High School, which was expected to play its homecoming game Thursday night.
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The match was pushed off until Friday at 2:30 p.m. due to weather concerns, though a ceremony was still held Thursday in honor of Miner.
In posts on social media, the school said there would be a moment of silence and a fundraiser to raise money in Miner’s name.
Miner was killed Sunday in a crash on Dallas Boulevard just south of Oberly Parkway, troopers said.
Miner was in a Ford F-150 attempting to pull another driver’s pickup truck back onto the roadway from the east shoulder, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.
Troopers said a 27-year-old Orlando woman traveling northbound on Dallas Boulevard did not notice the stopped vehicles and collided with the front left side of Miner’s pickup, causing the truck to overturn onto the east shoulder and strike two pedestrians who were standing nearby.
Miner was ejected from the pickup as it overturned and suffered fatal injuries, troopers said.
The two pedestrians, a 20-year-old Orlando woman and a 17-year-old Cocoa girl, were taken to a hospital with serious yet non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.
An investigation of the fatal crash remains active and charges were pending at time of writing, the report stated.
The family has set up a GoFundMe to assist with funeral costs.
The East River High School homecoming game has been rescheduled for 2:30 p.m. Friday.
A viewing for Miner will be held Monday evening, and the funeral service is Tuesday at 11 a.m.
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