As teen crash deaths climb, North Carolina students push safe driving

As teen crash deaths climb, North Carolina students push safe driving

By Jennifer Fernandez During Isabella Avila’s freshman year at Union Pines High School in rural Moore County, a member of the senior class died in a car accident.  Then, during her sophomore year, a freshman was killed when the vehicle he was driving crashed into a house, she said. Media reports at the time indicate the SUV’s driver and his passenger, who survived, were both 14.  “He was actually in my class,” Avila, a 17-year-old junior, recall…