AUBURN, Wash. -- A teenager killed in head-on crash was identified Thursday as 18-year-old Andrew Bonwell, a senior and football player at Auburn High School.
Police said Bonwell was driving Tuesday night when he recognized a girl in the vehicle behind him and slowed down. The other car drove past and, as Bonwell tried to catch up and moved into the oncoming lane to pass, he crashed into another car.
Bonwell was killed instantly, and three other people were taken to area hospitals.
Streets in the 5500 block of A Street Southeast where the crash occurred were blocked for several hours after the crash.
Andrew Bonwell was a gregarious boy, quick with a smile, a boy who loved football, girls and cars, not necessarily in that order.
Friends said that his favorite thing about school was not being at it. He hoped to play football for the Washington Huskies, and, as he liked to say, "live big." On May 19, he was mere weeks from graduation.
But on that rainy night, Bonwell went out to pick up some ice cream. He was in his car on A Street Southeast following a girl he knew, just south of the Lakeland Hills Way intersection. He pulled up alongside her to get her attention and smashed head on into an oncoming car he did not see coming.
Bonwell, 18, was killed. A critically injured woman was transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, and two other people were taken to Auburn Regional Medical Center.
Last Friday afternoon, hundreds of fellow students, teachers, friends and family gathered at Auburn Memorial Stadium to remember a life that ended too soon.
Pictures of Bonwell, who played tight end and safety for the Trojans, faced the crowd from easels placed on the track.
Police said Bonwell was driving Tuesday night when he recognized a girl in the vehicle behind him and slowed down. The other car drove past and, as Bonwell tried to catch up and moved into the oncoming lane to pass, he crashed into another car.
Bonwell was killed instantly, and three other people were taken to area hospitals.
Streets in the 5500 block of A Street Southeast where the crash occurred were blocked for several hours after the crash.
Andrew Bonwell was a gregarious boy, quick with a smile, a boy who loved football, girls and cars, not necessarily in that order.
Friends said that his favorite thing about school was not being at it. He hoped to play football for the Washington Huskies, and, as he liked to say, "live big." On May 19, he was mere weeks from graduation.
But on that rainy night, Bonwell went out to pick up some ice cream. He was in his car on A Street Southeast following a girl he knew, just south of the Lakeland Hills Way intersection. He pulled up alongside her to get her attention and smashed head on into an oncoming car he did not see coming.
Bonwell, 18, was killed. A critically injured woman was transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, and two other people were taken to Auburn Regional Medical Center.
Last Friday afternoon, hundreds of fellow students, teachers, friends and family gathered at Auburn Memorial Stadium to remember a life that ended too soon.
Pictures of Bonwell, who played tight end and safety for the Trojans, faced the crowd from easels placed on the track.
AUBURN, Wash. -- A teenager killed in head-on crash was identified Thursday as 18-year-old Andrew Bonwell, a senior and football player at Auburn High School.
Police said Bonwell was driving Tuesday night when he recognized a girl in the vehicle behind him and slowed down. The other car drove past and, as Bonwell tried to catch up and moved into the oncoming lane to pass, he crashed into another car.
Bonwell was killed instantly, and three other people were taken to area hospitals.
Streets in the 5500 block of A Street Southeast where the crash occurred were blocked for several hours after the crash.
Andrew Bonwell was a gregarious boy, quick with a smile, a boy who loved football, girls and cars, not necessarily in that order.
Friends said that his favorite thing about school was not being at it. He hoped to play football for the Washington Huskies, and, as he liked to say, "live big." On May 19, he was mere weeks from graduation.
But on that rainy night, Bonwell went out to pick up some ice cream. He was in his car on A Street Southeast following a girl he knew, just south of the Lakeland Hills Way intersection. He pulled up alongside her to get her attention and smashed head on into an oncoming car he did not see coming.
Bonwell, 18, was killed. A critically injured woman was transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, and two other people were taken to Auburn Regional Medical Center.
Last Friday afternoon, hundreds of fellow students, teachers, friends and family gathered at Auburn Memorial Stadium to remember a life that ended too soon.
Pictures of Bonwell, who played tight end and safety for the Trojans, faced the crowd from easels placed on the track.
Police said Bonwell was driving Tuesday night when he recognized a girl in the vehicle behind him and slowed down. The other car drove past and, as Bonwell tried to catch up and moved into the oncoming lane to pass, he crashed into another car.
Bonwell was killed instantly, and three other people were taken to area hospitals.
Streets in the 5500 block of A Street Southeast where the crash occurred were blocked for several hours after the crash.
Andrew Bonwell was a gregarious boy, quick with a smile, a boy who loved football, girls and cars, not necessarily in that order.
Friends said that his favorite thing about school was not being at it. He hoped to play football for the Washington Huskies, and, as he liked to say, "live big." On May 19, he was mere weeks from graduation.
But on that rainy night, Bonwell went out to pick up some ice cream. He was in his car on A Street Southeast following a girl he knew, just south of the Lakeland Hills Way intersection. He pulled up alongside her to get her attention and smashed head on into an oncoming car he did not see coming.
Bonwell, 18, was killed. A critically injured woman was transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, and two other people were taken to Auburn Regional Medical Center.
Last Friday afternoon, hundreds of fellow students, teachers, friends and family gathered at Auburn Memorial Stadium to remember a life that ended too soon.
Pictures of Bonwell, who played tight end and safety for the Trojans, faced the crowd from easels placed on the track.
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