Family to hold benefit to honor Megan Churchill

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By the Lincoln Journal Star

It’s been a year since Megan Churchill was in a car crash in Lincoln and nearly a year since she died from her injuries.

This weekend, her family and friends will host a benefit campout to honor her life and raise money to help pay bills from her hospital stay and burial.

Churchill, 15, was a backseat passenger in a car driven by Ricky Turco when it slammed into a tree near 18th and Stockwell streets on March 26, 2007. Turco said he picked up Churchill and some other friends from Lincoln High School that day and decided to “jump the hill” on Stockwell.

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In this April 1, 2007, file photo, Patience Johnson, (right) hugs Amanda Long before a candlelight vigil at Peter Pan Park for Megan Churchill. (LJS File)

In this April 1, 2007, file photo, Patience Johnson, (right) hugs Amanda Long before a candlelight vigil at Peter Pan Park for Megan Churchill. (LJS File)

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He has said he was going about 60 mph when he swerved to miss a truck and hit the tree. Churchill died April 1 from her injuries.

In October, Turco was sentenced to 10 to 14 years in prison for motor vehicle manslaughter.

Churchill’s family and friends said in a news release they plan to invite people to gather in her honor every year at this time and, after this year, will donate money in her name to other victims of careless and reckless driving or drunken driving.

The campout will be Friday through Sunday at 926 N. Eighth St. For more information, contact Tina Tindle at 467-5375.