The site visitors accident that killed Minnesota Vikings cornerback Khyree Jackson and two of his former highschool teammates on Saturday stays below investigation, the Prince George’s County State’s Legal professional’s Workplace indicated on Monday.
Whereas no expenses have been filed, Denise Douglas, a spokeswoman for the Prince George’s County State’s Legal professional’s Workplace, instructed the Minneapolis Star Tribune that prosecutors “are undoubtedly shifting rapidly and expeditiously” and have scheduled “an early evidentiary evaluation” for this week.
“We solely have preliminary reviews, which don’t embody the (blood alcohol content material) which must be developed from the medical data on this case,” the Prince George’s County State’s Legal professional’s Workplace mentioned in a launch to WTOP-TV in Washington. “We now have not but acquired these but. There’s a want for extra details about what precisely occurred to gather enough proof.”
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Based on the Maryland State Police report on the accident, Jackson was a passenger in a Dodge Charger that was concerned in a three-vehicle wreck in Higher Marlboro, Maryland. State Troopers responded to the accident at 3:14 a.m. EDT Saturday.
The Maryland State Police’s preliminary investigation indicated an Infiniti Q50 pushed by Cori Imani Clingman struck the Charger and a Chevrolet Impala whereas trying a lane change at a excessive charge of pace. The Charger left the street and hit a number of tree stumps, the police report mentioned.
Whereas the occupants of the opposite two autos had been unhurt, the three occupants of the Charger, together with driver Isaiah Hazel, and passenger Anthony Lytton Jr., had been killed. Lytton and Hazel had been teammates of Jackson’s at Dr. Henry Sensible Jr. Excessive College in Higher Marlboro.
Investigators indicated alcohol could have been a contributing issue within the crash.
Jackson joined the Vikings within the fourth spherical of the NFL Draft on April 27 from Oregon, the place the cornerback performed in 2023 after spending the earlier two seasons at Alabama.
Jackson was scheduled to report back to his first NFL coaching camp on July 21 with the remainder of Minnesota’s rookies.
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Mark Inabinett is a sports activities reporter for Alabama Media Group. Observe him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.