RANDOLPH — A Randolph High School student and football player killed in an accident this weekend had survived another crash less than four months ago, according to a friend.

Alex Wolmart said today he was driving Calvin Verduga home from school in April when he lost control of his vehicle and it overturned several times. Wolmart, 17, said he was driving on Carrell Road near Brundage Park at the time of accident.

"It was a near-death experience," Wolmart said. "We shared it with each other. We saw [our lives] flash before our eyes."

Wolmart said there was a problem with the wheel alignment on the car he was driving. He said he turned to say something to Verduga and "took my eyes off the road for like two seconds."

He said he then realized his car was on the grass and a street sign and a fire hydrant stood in his path. Wolmart said he jerked his wheel several times, the car fishtailed, turned sideways and "rolled like four times."

Wolmart said he was knocked unconscious during the accident. "Calvin got out of the car before me," he said. "He thought I was dead."

Wolmart said he felt "so extraordinarily bad" about the accident but Verduga only cared that they were both ok. "I gave him the biggest hug and I was just crying on his shoulder," Wolmart said.

Verduga posted on social media after the accident in April.

Verduga was one of two students killed in a single-car accident on Ironia Road on Saturday afternoon.

Verduga and Jack Timmerman were sitting in the back seat of a classmate's car when it careened off the road, killing them, according to Timmerman's mother.

"They were friends from childhood," Jackie Timmerman said, Jack's mother said. "Calvin and Jack were like best buddies."

Wolmart said he's known Verduga since elementary school and he met Timmerman in middle school.

Wolmart said Verduga "was the type of kid that could always make you laugh."

"He was never angry and upset," Wolmart said. "He was always happy. Him and Jack both."

James Kratch and Dan Ivers, both for NJ Advance Media, for NJ.com, contributed to this report.

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