Student sues high school for $1 million after being seriously injured during 'promposal' allegedly coordinated with officials

A student who was seriously injured in a car accident is suing his high school because school officials reportedly coordinated the "promposal" at fault.

The incident unfolded in April at Arizona College Prep High School in Chandler, Arizona.

Senior William Vannasap was leaving the campus while driving a motorcycle after classes when he was struck by another student driving a Porsche that was speeding through a red light on purpose.

Video of the incident shows the student fly through the air before hitting the ground.

Vannasap's attorney, April Speelmon, says that he was grievously injured and will suffer from his injuries for the rest of his life.

According to their lawsuit, the other student purposely ignored traffic laws as part of a prom proposal. He was in the Porsche with a girl who he was going to ask to the prom. A school resource officer was waiting with the principal to stop the car after the infraction.

The officer was supposed to make it appear as if the student was in trouble and then pull out a poster with the prom proposal, according to the complaint.

Instead, the car hit Vannasap, who suffered a traumatic brain injury.

Speelmon says Vannasap could have died "by just milliseconds difference in timing." She claims the car was going 40 miles per hour, and the impact was so great, that the safety airbags deployed.

“Those adults at the school should have said, 'No, we're not going to do this,'" she added.

The officer said in court documents that he didn't believe the driver was going to speed through the intersection but that he was going to slowly roll past it. The principal claimed that he didn't know about the plan and was in the car with the officer to discuss an unrelated issue.

However, the teen driver told investigators that he had discussed the plan with the resource officer and the principal prior to the accident, and they had approved.

While the potential lawsuit does not include the student driver, Speelmon says they are working on a separate claim against him.

Here's a local news report about the incident:

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