Grand Canyon Senior Guard Oscar Frayer Dies in car accident
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/31137735/grand-canyon-antelopes-men-basketball-senior-oscar-frayer-dies-car-accident
ESPN is reporting Oscar Frayers who played in the tourney just 5 days ago along with his Older Sister and a 3rd passenger died in a car accident this morning. Sad for the NCAA world to lose anyone but a 23-year-old taken too soon.
Condolences to his family and hope the NCAA does a tribute to him at the games this week.
March 26th, 2021 at 12:07 PM ^
Horrible news.
March 26th, 2021 at 12:08 PM ^
Tragedy. Prayers for all involved and their families/loved ones, and that the two Police officers they ran over recover.
March 26th, 2021 at 12:09 PM ^
Sad. Too young. Life is remarkably short and unpredictable.
Thoughts for the heroism of the officers and hope for their recovery.
Condolences to his family and friends.
March 26th, 2021 at 12:18 PM ^
(EDIT) So apparently, ESPN is not a typo and the accident was Tuesday only 3 days after the tourney. but it just caught the media this morning. and the NCAA released a statement 3 hours ago.
https://twitter.com/NCAA/status/1375432351778488323
March 26th, 2021 at 12:20 PM ^
One is obviously too many, but this has happened way too much lately.
Sending thoughts of comfort and love to the families of these young people. Such a terrible shame.
March 26th, 2021 at 12:24 PM ^
UGGGGH!!! Prayers to his family and any family in this situation.
March 26th, 2021 at 12:29 PM ^
His poor mother.
The story reads that Frayer lost his dad in a car accident when he was 7.
Losing the father of your kids and then 2 kids in car accidents 20 years later?
March 26th, 2021 at 12:48 PM ^
Rest in peace
How sad!
These stories make me incredibly sad then incredibly appreciative of how lucky I have been in life. RIP and prayer for his mother
Unfortunately poor decision making often plays a large part of these stories as well.
According to local authorities, a California Highway Patrol vehicle was struck from behind by the car Frayer was in as two officers were assisting a stranded vehicle on a highway near Lodi, California, around 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Frayer's vehicle hit a tree and became engulfed in flames. The officers were transported to a local hospital with "major injuries," according to the California Highway Patrol, but both are expected to survive.
Yeah, not many good things happen after 2 am on a highway. Maybe it's not what it appears to be (to me anyway). 2:30 am used to be a prime time for drunk drivers based on bars closing. Not sure that applies in COVID times - esp in Calif.
This is so sad. My heart goes out to the families of all of the victims.