A DWI crash last week has left a star high school athlete with serious head injuries. Tonight, Austin White's basketball team will play for the first time without him.
The Honeoye community is coming together after three high school seniors were involved in a drunk-driving crash last Tuesday night.
White has serious head injuries. He is still in the intensive care unit in guarded condition. His girlfriend, Kelly Hoertz, is now home recovering from a fractured skull. The alleged drunk driver, Dylan Jobson, had minor injuries.
Austin is the co-captain of the Honeoye basketball team. His family calls the 17-year-old's life a fairy tale. His girlfriend, Kelly is a captain of the cheerleading squad. His best friend, Dylan, is also a star athlete but everything changed last Tuesday night.
All three were in a car that lost control on Sunset Drive in Canadice right near Jobson's home. The car slammed into a tree. Austin wasn't wearing a seat belt and suffered the worst injury but the high school and entire Honeoye community has been showing its support.
Students are wearing Austin and Kelly shirts. Everyone, including his parents, are hoping for the best. They spoke exclusively with News 10NBC. His mother, Cathy White-Barber said, "I won't leave the bedside. I'm right there and we're going to be there for him and he looks great."
Austin's father Roy said, "I've never seen so many young people actually pray and it's big support, it's huge and we feel that some of that strength that Austin has gained and the good news is because of the energy that's been around us."
It will be an emotional basketball game for Honeoye tonight. They're playing at Bloomfield to start the sectionals without their star player.
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