Cal State Fullerton Student Athlete Succumbs to Injuries Sustained in Electric Scooter Crash

Lauren Turner, a soccer player at the school, died on Nov. 7 at age 19 after she and a teammate were struck by a box truck.

The Cal State Fullerton Titans gather on the field ahead of a game in Los Angeles on Sept. 11, 2022. Katharine Lotze/Getty Images

Lauren Turner, a sophomore soccer player at Cal State Fullerton, has died at the age of 19, nearly two months after sustaining life-threatening injuries in an electric scooter accident.

The Cal State Fullerton Athletics Department said Turner died on Nov. 7 following an almost six-week stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) after she and a teammate were struck by a box truck while riding scooters off campus.