Former Bowie State soccer participant AJ Lytton was recognized as one in every of three males who perished following a automobile crash in Higher Marlboro, Maryland.
Lytton transferred to Bowie State earlier than the beginning of the 2023 season after spending a 12 months at Penn State and two years at Florida State, respectively.
Lytton was one in every of three passengers within the automobile, together with 2024 Minnesota Vikings draft choose Khyree Jackson and former College of Maryland soccer participant Isaiah Hazel.
The three males had been all Clever Excessive Faculty soccer teammates, every graduating one 12 months aside.
Maryland State Police supplied an announcement detailing the crash that took the lives of the previous highschool teammates.
In accordance with an announcement launched by the Maryland State Police, the three autos concerned within the crash had been a silver Infinity Q50, a silver Chevrolet Impala, and a maroon Dodge Charger.
Hazel drove the Dodge Charger, Jackson was the front-seat passenger, and Lytton sat within the again seat.
“The preliminary investigation signifies the driving force of the silver Infiniti, later recognized as Cori Clingman, was touring northbound on Route 4/Pennsylvania Avenue in Prince George’s County,” the assertion says. “Investigators imagine Clingman tried to vary lanes whereas driving at a excessive fee of pace when she struck the Dodge Charger after which struck the Chevrolet Impala. The Charger subsequently traveled off the roadway’s proper aspect and struck a number of tree stumps the place the car got here to relaxation.”
Each Jackson and Hazel had been pronounced deceased on the scene, whereas Lytton succumbed to his accidents on the College of Maryland Capital Area Medical Heart.
The occupants of the Infinity and the Impala every got here away unhurt.
Alcohol was believed to have performed a job within the crash, and the assertion concluded that “expenses are pending the investigation and session with the Prince George’s County State’s Lawyer’s Workplace. The Maryland State Police Crash Workforce is main the investigation.”