RICHLAND COUNTY, N.C. — Family and friends are mourning the loss of 17-year-old Benjamin Elliot Owens after he died in a car crash Friday afternoon.
Owens was a senior at Northwestern High School in Rock Hill.
Owens was driving a 2002 Mustang when he ran a stop sign and was hit on the driver side by a Honda Odyssey in Richland County.
Kathryn Gomulinski was also in the car and is expected to be ok.Β
Owens was pronounced dead on scene. The Richland County Coroner says Owens died from trauma associated with the crash.
Owen’s funeral is set for 11 a.m. Monday at Greene Funeral Home.Β
