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SCHOOL WILL REMEMBER HER. >> PROM NIGHT. >> I SAID GOODBYE, TRIN. THAT’S LESS THAN I SAID TO HER. >> SHE REMEMBERS THE LAST TIME SHE SAW HER COUSIN. >> I HAVE KNOWN HER MY WHOLE LIFE. WE HAVE BEEN TIGHT SINCE THE BEGINNING. STATE TROOPERS SAY THAT TRINITY WAS RIDING ON HIGHWAY 25 WHEN A DRUNK DRIVER DRIFTED INTO THE CENTER LANE AND HIT THE TO. >> HE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ON THE ROAD, HE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ON THE ROAD HIM -- IF YOU KNEW THAT HE WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO CONTAIN HIMSELF. >> THE SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER IS CARTER 01. TRACY PASSED AWAY ON SUNDAY. >> WHAT DID SHE MEAN TO YOU? >> EVERYTHING. I STILL CAN’T BELIEVE IT. >> MY HEART SUNK OUT OF ME. >> THEY BONDED OVER MUSIC AND DANCE. >> HER PERSONALITY. SHE WAS AN OUTGOING PERSON IN SCHOOL, OUT OF SCHOOL, ON THE DANCE FLOOR. WHATEVER SHE DID, SHE WOULD DO IT WELL. >> TRINITY’S LOCKER PLASTERED WITH NOTES OF LOVE. A BOLD EXPRESSION TO HONOR THE FRIENDS LOVED TO THE MOON AND BACK. >> BLUE IS SUCH A POP-OUT COLOR. ESPECIALLY THE ROYAL BLUE THAT SHE WORE.

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An Upstate man has been charged with felony DUI in connection with a head-on crash that killed an 18-year-old woman and injured another person, according to Greenville County Coroner Kent Dill.The coroner identified the victim as Trinity Brandasia Harrison, of Greenwood.Troopers said the crash happened around 11:35 p.m. Saturday on Highway 25 at West Ridgeway Road.Troopers said 27-year-old Carter Owen was traveling north on Augusta Road when he crossed the center line and hit another vehicle head-on.Troopers said Harrison was the passenger in the other vehicle. She had to be mechanically extricated and was transported to a hospital.The coroner said Harrison died at the hospital at 1:30 a.m. Sunday.Greenwood School District 51 said Harrison was a senior at Ware Shoals High School and was returning home from prom when the crash happened.The driver of the vehicle that was struck and Owen were also taken to the hospital with injuries.On Tuesday, Owen was released from the hospital and was charged with felony DUI resulting in death.On Monday students set up a memorial for Trinity Harrison at her locker and in the auditorium at Ware Shoals High School. Friends said students wore blue in honor of Trinity because it stands out, just like Trinity did. “Today is mournful,” Trinity’s friend Mikal Smith said. “Everyone is sad. I see it as if Trin was here, she wouldn’t want us to be sad, because she was a person who was always happy.”Trinity’s friends said she was outgoing and loved to dance.

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An Upstate man has been charged with felony DUI in connection with a head-on crash that killed an 18-year-old woman and injured another person, according to Greenville County Coroner Kent Dill.

The coroner identified the victim as Trinity Brandasia Harrison, of Greenwood.

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Troopers said the crash happened around 11:35 p.m. Saturday on Highway 25 at West Ridgeway Road.

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Troopers said 27-year-old Carter Owen was traveling north on Augusta Road when he crossed the center line and hit another vehicle head-on.

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Troopers said Harrison was the passenger in the other vehicle. She had to be mechanically extricated and was transported to a hospital.

The coroner said Harrison died at the hospital at 1:30 a.m. Sunday.

Greenwood School District 51 said Harrison was a senior at Ware Shoals High School and was returning home from prom when the crash happened.

The driver of the vehicle that was struck and Owen were also taken to the hospital with injuries.

On Tuesday, Owen was released from the hospital and was charged with felony DUI resulting in death.

On Monday students set up a memorial for Trinity Harrison at her locker and in the auditorium at Ware Shoals High School.

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Friends said students wore blue in honor of Trinity because it stands out, just like Trinity did.

“Today is mournful,” Trinity’s friend Mikal Smith said. “Everyone is sad. I see it as if Trin was here, she wouldn’t want us to be sad, because she was a person who was always happy.”

Trinity’s friends said she was outgoing and loved to dance.

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