Friends Mourn Teen Killed in Crash

Funeral plans are being made for a Wise County high school student who was killed in a car crash Wednesday morning.

Chelsea Lunt, 16, lost control of her truck and rolled it on state Highway 287 less than a mile from campus.

After classes, hundreds of Lunt's classmates gathered at a church vigil while others consoled each other at the location of her crash.

"I think the world is just going to miss her smile," said one Lunt's close friends. "She was always happy, she was always smiling. She was always trying to get everyone else to smile."

Lunt's classmates said she was the kind of girl that brought people together and students said they have never felt closer as a school since her passing. 

Many felt it might be her spirit at work but said they would trade that feeling for just one more day with their friend.

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