Four New Jersey high school football players killed in SUV crash as they traveled to team meal

[marmar]

LINWOOD, N.J. -- A New Jersey high school and its surrounding community were trying to regroup Sunday, a day after four players on its football team were killed and four more were injured in an SUV crash as they traveled to a team meal.

The driver apparently lost control of the SUV on Saturday morning as it went around a crest on the Garden State Parkway and came upon heavy traffic late Saturday morning, said Sgt. Julian Castellanos, a state police spokesman. The SUV overturned several times, ejecting two passengers, one of whom was struck by a passing car, Castellanos said.

All eight played for the Mainland Regional High School football team in Linwood and ranged in age from 15 to 17, state police confirmed Sunday.

The driver, 17-year-old Casey Brenner of Northfield, was killed, as were Dean Khoury of Linwood, 15; and two 16-year-olds, Edgar Bozzi of Somers Point and Nicholas Conner of Northfield. The injured included two Linwood residents, 17-year-old Jacob Smith and 15-year-old Kenneth Randall, and two 16-year-old Northfield residents, Kyle Beattie and Alex Denafo. Their injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/highschool/news/story?id=6881681

[rocktivity]

1. Maybe SUVs should require a special license, like a motorcycle

Were the roads wet at the time? Not it makes a difference on the Garden State Parkway...

:(
rockivity

[marmar]

2. Yep. I remember driving back from Atlantic City to New York on the GSP and thinking.....

..... "There really is a hell."

[former9thward]

4. Maybe people in SUVs should be required to wear seatbelts.

Oh, that's right, they are....

[sweetapogee]

6. from the linked article...

..."Under New Jersey state law, drivers under 18 years old generally are not allowed to carry more than one passenger unless a parent or guardian is in the vehicle. It appears that Brenner may have violated that law as he drove a carload of teammates..."

I personally would not want to be young Brenner's parents, their financial advisor or their insurance carrier.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Those poor kids and their families!

:cry:

[michaz]

5. Those poor families. It is so sad. We lost our 16 year old son

from an undetected heart problem, while he was playing soccer at his school. These families will never be the same. My heart aches for them. It makes no difference how they died, they are now gone.

[JI7]

7. very sad, i have heard SUVs overturn much more easily than other cars