4 USU football players, former softball player hurt in crash
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TRENTON, Utah — Five Utah State University athletes were hospitalized Friday after a collision on their way back from Newton Dam reservoir, according to KSL.com.
The five athletes were driving back to Logan when the crash occurred just before 2:30 p.m., the Utah Highway Patrol reported.
Witnesses said the Chevy Tahoe the athletes were in slowed at a stop sign at state Route 142 but did not stop before pulling onto state Route 23, driving into the path of a semitrailer.
The southbound truck, hauling 52,000 pounds of milk, attempted to swerve but struck the Tahoe on the driver’s side, pushing it about 75 yards into a nearby yard, police reported.
Travis Seefeldt, 22, a senior nose guard for Utah State, was airlifted to McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden. Seefeldt, from Peoria, Ariz., played in 14 games in 2014 and registered 35 tackles, 25 tackles for loss and two sacks.
Sarah Vasquez, 22, a former Aggie softball player, was also airlifted to McKay-Dee. Both were in critical condition. Seefeldt was driving the Tahoe, and Vasquez was a passenger in the front seat.
Edmund Faimalo, 21, Adewald Adeoye, 19, and John Taylor, 21, all current football players for Utah State, were hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening injuries.
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