Three members of the University of Wyoming’s swimming and diving crew died in a automobile crash Thursday afternoon close to the Wyoming-Colorado border, the varsity stated.
Charlie Clark, a 19-year-old sophomore from Las Vegas; junior Luke Slabber, 21, of Cape Town, South Africa; and freshman Carson Muir, 18, of Birmingham, Alabama, died within the crash on the intersection of U.S. Highway 287 and Red Mountain Road between Livermore and Virginia Dale, Colorado, the college stated in a News release,
“Preliminary indications are that the driving force veered and the car went off the highway, overturning a number of occasions. The accident is below investigation,” the discharge stated.
The Colorado State Patrol stated Friday that no elements have been dominated out within the crash, together with however not restricted to hurry, impairment or different distractions.
Two different members of the lads’s swimming and diving crew suffered non-life-threatening accidents and have been launched from the hospital, the Colorado State Patrol stated. One of the survivors was driving the car. When it crashed simply earlier than 2:45 p.m.
According to CSP, who’s investigating the crash, a Toyota RAV4 with 5 folks inside went off the left shoulder of the southbound lane and rolled a number of occasions, ejecting two folks.
Although the victims had been all members of the college’s swim crew, they weren’t believed to be touring for any official college perform.
“We are saddened by the information of this horrible tragedy for our college, our state, our student-athlete neighborhood, and most significantly, the households and buddies of those younger males,” UW President Ed Seidel stated in an announcement. “Words are insufficient to specific our grief.”
UW athletics director Tom Berman stated: “My ideas and prayers are with our swimming and diving student-athletes, coaches, households and buddies.”
“Losing members of our University of Wyoming household is troublesome, and we mourn the lack of these student-athletes. We have counseling providers accessible to our student-athletes and coaches in occasions of want,” he stated.
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon said He and his spouse had been “mourning this tragic loss.”
“We ask you to maintain their households, buddies and family members near your hearts throughout this troublesome time,” he stated.
