A teenager dies and another is injured in a car accident last night. Investigators are still trying to figure out what exactly caused this accident. In the meantime, a whole community of family and friends are mourning the loss of these two teenagers.
The family of Grace Baptist Church Academy has started a small memorial for sophomore Ryan Gill who died when the car he was riding in a
tree head on.
"It's almost as if Ryan and Trevor were two peas in a pod, just a pleasure to be around," says Mark Mowery, the school's business manager.
Investigators say Ryan was riding with classmate Trevor Burke on Ooletwah-Ringgold Road. Police say Trevor, who was driving, lost control of the car while coming around the curve.
Witness and police say the car crossed over the center line, striking a wooden fence, guardrail and two street signs, before flipping and rolling, into a yard.
Both teenagers were taken to Erlanger.
"At the emergency room last night there were upwards to 150-200 people there supporting each other," says Mowery.
Ryan died last night. Trevor is still in the hospital.
Family members we spoke to off camera say he is in stable condition. Both of the teenagers were popular athletic students at Grace Baptist Academy.
"We are going to dedicate this season to him and his family," says Reggie Favors, a Junior Football Player.
While investigators try to determine what caused the crash, the people at Grace Baptist Academy are hanging onto each other for dear life.
"It is a community that loves each other, and wants to be there for each other when the tough times come," says Mowery.
Now Mowery says on Monday the school will have grief counseling for the students at Grace Baptist Church Academy.
There is no word right now on funeral arrangements or whether anyone will be charged in the accident.
Ryan Gill 17 Born: May 7,1992 Died two days after his 17th birthday on May 9,2009 One instance everything can change... what I learned
It taught me anyone could die at any instance. Life is so fragile. I mean, everyday everyone takes for granted the safety we're enjoying. What's keeping the car going where you want it to go?? A little wheel? What's keeping your arms from twitching thrusting you into a tree? a complex system of nerves and stuff? No. God is. Our fragile lives are held by a thin thread that we have no power over. But God does!
I don't think anyone could've seen this coming. I mean, I know that personally, I've never known anyone that died. I mean there has been distance family and stuff, but never a friend or peer. I think it shows that no age is too young. It also shows God's in control. God has an exact time for everyone's death. No one is exempt. There's nothing we can do, cause our date is set. We can only live the time we have to the fullest. Ryan's death was in no way an untimely death, because it was right on time. I think we should be happy for him I think that Ryan made the most of his life. I didn't know him well at all, but from what I saw and heard of him, he was a really great guy.
This has been a very sobering experience to me. Never again will I take for granted Life. Life given to me by the only One fit to give it. Christ Jesus, my Adonai. And I know that even though I didn't know Ryan well here, I'm gonna have an eternity to get to know him and worship our Lord with him. I can't wait for it. But until then, I'm going to live my life knowing that everyday could be my last. I think we all should live that way. I think that we should remember Ryan, and serve our God as he did.
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