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"Springdale High School student Kyler Williams was killed in a car accident Saturday night.Springdale Public Schools public relations officer Rick Schaeffer confirmed to 40/29 News that the senior died overnight.Arkansas State Police said the single-car accident happened around 9:35 p.m. Saturday on Hwy. 21, 5 miles south of Hwy. 412.\u00A0State police are continuing to investigate.Williams' father, Rodney Williams, told 40/29 his son loved to hunt and fish, and wanted to follow in his footsteps.\u201CKyler wanted to be a college football player, and he looked like he was en route to do that. Still undecided where he was going to be at, but that\u2019s all he talked about. He said, 'Dad, I want to play college. Just like you.' And I wanted that for him,\u201D\u00A0 Williams said.Williams' was a wide receiver at Springdale High School. His coach, Zak Clark, has known Williams since he was in the second grade and watched him progress. Clark told 40/29 Williams was his go-to player.\u201CNot only did Kyler have confidence, but when 3 was out there, I think our team felt like, 'We got a shot and we\u2019re going to be alright.' And his confidence was just infectious. He took our team to another level. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever seen a player be more valuable or do more for his team than Kyler did,\" he said,Kyler Williams' last game was his homecoming game Friday. He got three touchdowns and was named player of the game; but his father told us what happened after the game is something he won't forget.\u201CAfter he scored his last touchdown, he ran up in the bleachers, found me in the bleachers, threw the number 3 up and said, 'Dad, I got 3.' (It was) one of the proudest moments of my life. I had no idea how proud I would be. How big that would be until now,\" the elder Williams said.Williams' told us knowing his son is in heaven is helping him cope with the loss.\u201CThat\u2019s what I\u2019m excited about, that I know where he is and I don\u2019t have to worry about where he is,\" Williams said.The Springdale High School football team held its own vigil for Kyler at 3 p.m. Sunday that was closed to the public.The public is invited to a community vigil at the Walker Indoor Fieldhouse at 5 p.m.There is a GoFundMe account set up for Kyler Williams to help with his funeral costs.Here's the link to the page: https://www.gofundme.com/kylerwilliamsKyler Williams' family told us his funeral will be at Christian Life Cathedral at 10 a.m. Wednesday.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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