Weather, speeding, drinking were factors in crash that killed two Indiana State football players
The crash report detailing the single-vehicle accident that resulted in the death of two Indiana State football players and another student, as well as the serious injuries of two others, says that severe weather, excessive speed and alcohol were factors in the driver losing control of the vehicle and hitting a tree.
The report, written by Vigo County (Indiana) sheriff’s officer Bernie McGee, indicates that there were thunderstorms and heavy rain at the time of the accident, along with 3-4 inches of standing water. Officers were called to the area of 46th and Main Street in Terre Haute, Indiana, at 1:36 a.m. with a report of a vehicle fire with entrapment.
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One of the students in the car who survived the accident told officers that the five students were traveling back to Indiana State from a house party at Indiana University in Bloomington, and that "everyone had been drinking" at the party and that they were going in excess of 90 miles per hour at the time of the accident.
Indiana State freshmen football players Caleb VanHooser and Christian Eubanks, along with sophomore Jayden Musili, were pronounced dead at the scene. Omarion Dixon and John Moore are in serious condition at Methodist Hospital.
VanHooser, Eubanks, Dixon and Moore are listed on Indiana State’s football roster.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Indiana State: Report details crash that killed two football players
