Four Wyoming Players in Car Accident, One Dead

http://www.kgwn.tv/story.aspx?ID=4502&Cat=2

One player reported dead, another may lose an arm.  Absolutely Terrible.

 

BREAKING NEWS: Source Says UW Football Player Dies in Car Accident

Laramie - 9/6/2010

Sources close to the University of Wyoming say that 4 Cowboy football players were involved in a car accident on highway 287 early Monday morning and that one player has died as a result of the accident.

Sources say freshman linebacker Ruben Narcisse of Miami, Florida was killed in the accident and freshman wide receiver CJ Morgan was also one of the four passengers. The other two travelers were freshmen walk-ons and there is no word on their condition at this time.

Colorado State Patrol confirms that there was a single-car rollover at 5:26 AM Mond

 

ay morning at mile marker 382 south of the Wyoming-Colorado border. The vehicle was a 2005 Toyota Tundra and the Colorado State Patrol confirmed that one of the four passengers died but would not confirm any of the passengers were UW students or student athletes.

 

One source says no alcohol was involved and that the Wyoming football team had a team meeting with counselors early this afternoon. The source also says two of the passengers were okay, and that a third was airlifted and may lose an arm.

UW officials have not confirmed anything as of 1:55 pm Monday. However, the Wyoming Athletics department has cancelled the football team's normal press conference scheduled every Monday at 3 pm.

We will update you with more information as soon as it becomes available.