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Mom: Son closer to God after fatal crash

Teen was driving car in which friend died

Flowers and candles are placed on the ground beside a tree near Chicopee Baptist Chuyrch Monday afternoon where 15-year-old A 15-year-old Alfredo Juarez died Thursday. The Gainesville boy died after the car he was riding in traveled off the road and struck the tree, according to the Georgia State Patrol.

0708memorial2 — Flowers and candles are placed on the ground beside a tree near Chicopee Baptist Chuyrch Monday afternoon where 15-year-old A 15-year-old Alfredo Juarez died Thursday. The Gainesville boy died after the car he was riding in traveled off the road and struck the tree, according to the Georgia State Patrol.

The death of his 15-year-old friend led Marco A. Cruz closer to God, his mother Amanda Cruz said. The 19-year-old Marco Cruz has been grappling with the death of Alfredo Juarez after a car crash on July 2. “He’s taken it really rough.