The NFL is mourning one in all their very own.
Minnesota Vikings rookie cornerback Khyree Jackson was killed in a three-vehicle crash in Higher Marlboro, Md. early July 6, lower than three months after he was chosen by the group within the fourth spherical of the league’s 2024 draft. He was 24.
Maryland State Police mentioned in a assertion that the athlete had been driving in a Dodge Charger with Isaiah Hazel, 23, and Anthony Lytton Jr., 24, his former teammates from Sensible Jr. Excessive Faculty. The latter two had additionally performed at Florida State and Penn State, and Maryland and Charlotte, respectively, in line with a number of stories.
Jackson and Hazel, the motive force, had been pronounced useless on the scene of the crash and Lytton died after being taken to a hospital, police mentioned.
A preliminary investigation signifies that round 3 a.m., a feminine driver of an Infinity Q50 had tried to vary lanes whereas driving quick when she struck the automotive carrying the athletes after which additionally hit a Chevrolet Impala. The Charger subsequently traveled off the highway and hit a number of tree stumps, police mentioned.
