
Miss Teen USA Florida Contender, 18, Dies In Car Crash
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Kadance Fredericksen's community remembered the young philanthropist and pageant competitor as "a beacon of light" following her death on Monday.
A high school senior and contender for the title of Miss Teen USA Florida is dead after a car crash in her home state.
People are mourning young philanthropist and pageant competitor Kadance Fredericksen, 18, following a head-on collision between her sedan and a tractor-trailer in Florida’s Santa Rosa County on Monday.
Florida Highway Patrol released details about the crash on Wednesday, saying that Fredericksen’s vehicle “crossed the center line and entered the eastbound lane,” according to the Pensacola News Journal.
Authorities are investigating what caused Fredericksen’s vehicle to veer into oncoming traffic but believe a “major mechanical error” was to blame, the Tallahassee Democrat reports.
The other driver was a 56-year-old male who suffered minor injuries after his truck made its way to the outside shoulder of the freeway and overturned, according to Florida Highway Patrol.