Athletes and Celebrities Support ‘Sara for Homecoming’

The good people of Bentonville Arkansas are mobilizing to honor their friend, Sara Symons, who was killed in a car accident the day she learned she had made homecoming court.

Friday Bentonville High School students wrote messages on their cars and left flowers in an empty parking space to remember a senior who was killed in an accident that shut down I-540 during rush hour traffic…Arkansas State Police say Thursday afternoon Sara Symons, 17, was headed southbound on I-540 near Bentonville in her Jeep when a Chevrolet driven by Kendall Riggins, 36, of Springdale, merged from the Exit 86 on-ramp.

And its not just those who knew Sara that are stepping up to honor her, Twitter is alive with supportive ‘Sara For Homecoming 2011’ tweets from Kim Kardashian and others while Dwight Howard took the time to make a video-shout out for Sara’s friends and family.

RIP Sara.

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