A teenage girl died while cycling on a major street in coastal Florida, according to the police. Kendra Ahrens, 15, was hit by a US Mail Carrier box truck on Santa Barbara Boulevard on Wednesday afternoon while she was biking home from her job at a local waterpark. Her parents shared that she had been a varsity cheerleader at Mariner High.
Kendra was also working at Sun Splash Family Waterpark just for the summer, her family said as they mourned the tragic death of the teen. The accident took place on a section of street near Mid Cape Terrace in Cape Coral, close to where the girl worked and lived.
Family and Friends Devastated
Friends remember her as “a sweet and bubbly girl” whose “life was cut short too soon,” noting that she “was loved by so many people.” “We played chess after wrestling and cheer practice and she was so frustrated because she …