UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings rookie cornerback Khyree Jackson and two of his former highschool teammates have been killed in an early morning automotive crash Saturday in Maryland, police and the group stated.
Jackson, 24, and Isaiah Hazel died on the scene, whereas Anthony Lytton, Jr., was pronounced useless at a hospital after the three-car crash in Prince George’s County, based on Maryland State Police. Lytton was 24 and Hazel was 23.
The three have been in the identical car simply after 3 a.m. when it was struck by one other car that was rushing and altering lanes, police stated.
The Vikings launched a press release saying the group spoke to Jackson’s household, and is “devastated by the information.”
“I’m heartbroken by the lack of Khyree,” Vikings basic supervisor Kwesi Adofo-Mensah stated. “As we received to know him all through the pre-draft course of, it was clear the objectives Khyree wished to perform each professionally and personally. His story was one in every of resilience. He was taking steps to grow to be the most effective model of himself not only for him, however for individuals who cared about and seemed as much as him.”
Jackson was a fourth-round draft decide by the Vikings in April. He performed two years at Alabama earlier than ending his faculty profession with one season at Oregon.
Jackson was within the working to earn a beginning cornerback job on the group’s coaching camp, which opens later this month in Eagan, Minnesota.
“I’m completely crushed by this information,” Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell stated. “Khyree introduced a contagious vitality to our facility and our group. His confidence and interesting character instantly drew his teammates to him.”
Hazel performed faculty soccer at Maryland and Charlotte, and Lytton performed at Florida State and Penn State.
The three gained a state championship collectively at Maryland’s Dr. Henry A. Smart Jr. Excessive College, which paid tribute to them in a social media submit.
Hazel was driving, and Jackson and Lytton have been passengers in a Dodge Charger, which veered off the street after being hit and struck a number of tree stumps, police stated.
Investigators consider the motive force of a second car touring north tried to vary lanes “at a excessive charge of velocity” when it collided with the automotive pushed by Hazel and a 3rd car.
No person was injured within the second or third autos.
Investigators say alcohol may need been a contributing issue within the crash and costs might be coming.
Jackson was a first-team All-Pac-12 choice by The Related Press final season after tying for second within the convention with three interceptions. His faculty profession started in junior faculty in 2019.
“RIP Khyree… Love you,” Oregon coach Dan Lanning posted on social media. “Puzzled. I’ll miss your smile. Nice participant, higher individual.”
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