Her impact on the Titans program was immediate. She played in all 20 matches her freshman year, and was already a proven starter in her sophomore campaign before the crash.
Her team echoed that legacy:
The night everything changed
On September 27, Turner and Gwynn were riding electric scooters around 7 p.m. on Associated Road near campus, heading to a CSUF men’s soccer match when a box truck traveling in the same lane struck them.
Police said the players were riding without helmets, and early findings indicated that alcohol and drugs were not factors.
Both scooters were left mangled in the roadway as investigators worked to understand how the tragedy unfolded.
”When we got news of this incident, a part of me died,” leadership coach Ali Malaekeh told CBS.
Turner suffered catastrophic head trauma and was placed in the ICU, where she remained in a coma until her death. Gwynn, also critically injured, spent a month in the ICU before being moved to a step-down unit.
A new safety measure
Her family called her progress nothing short of extraordinary:
“We are witnessing a miracle in her healing.”
Following the tragedy, Cal State Fullerton head coach Demian Brown implemented a new safety measure he hopes will protect every athlete moving forward: a mandatory helmet requirement for all players riding electric scooters.
Brown said the decision reflects a growing shift across college programs nationwide:
“So many schools, so many programs have initiated their own helmet rules for their teams,” Brown explained.
He added that the goal is simple — to ensure no team ever endures a loss like this again:Continue reading…
