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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 10:34 |
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AUBURN, Ala. (AP) _ The Lee County coroner says a 19-year-old
member of the Chadron State College football team in Nebraska has
been killed in a highway accident in Auburn that seriously injured
a teammate.
Coroner Bill Harris says Garrett Schlichtemeier, a freshman wide
receiver from Ogallala, Neb., was pronounced dead from a head
injury at East Alabama Medical Center on Monday after the Range
Rover he and two teammates were riding in overturned.
Harris says the driver, 18-year-old Michael Madkins, 18, of Elk
Grove, Calif., was seriously injured.
Harris says the other passenger, 18-year-old Tyler Perri of
Covina, Calif., did not seek medical treatment.
Officials say the three were thought to be on their way to a
spring break gathering when the accident occurred.
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