{"id":1618237,"date":"2022-08-21T16:01:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T20:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1618237"},"modified":"2022-08-21T16:02:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T20:02:05","slug":"terrible-tragedy-three-indiana-state-university-students-killed-in-fiery-car-accident-football-players-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terrible-tragedy-three-indiana-state-university-students-killed-in-fiery-car-accident-football-players-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Terrible Tragedy\u2019: Three Indiana State University Students Killed In Fiery Car Accident, Football Players Involved"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fterrible-tragedy-three-indiana-state-university-students-killed-in-fiery-car-accident-football-players-involved%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1618237&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Three Indiana State University students died in a single-vehicle accident early Sunday, according to a press release from the school.<\/p>\n<p>The accident involved five people in the vehicle, including multiple football players. Two of the students were treated for injuries. The identities of the students have not yet been released.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a terrible tragedy,\u201d ISU President Dr. Deborah J. Curtis <a href=\"https:\/\/gosycamores.com\/news\/2022\/8\/21\/football-isu-mourns-after-single-vehicle-accident-kills-three-people.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cAs we are waiting on additional details from authorities investigating this accident, our hearts go out to the families and friends of the students involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vigo County Sheriff John Plasse released information regarding the accident in a <a href=\"https:\/\/nixle.us\/DTXTQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vehicle had left the roadway and struck a tree. Upon deputies arrival, the vehicle, occupied by a driver and four passengers, was on fire,\u201d he wrote. \u201cTwo of the occupants were able to be freed from the vehicle and were transported for medical treatment with serious injuries. Unfortunately, the driver and two other occupants were pronounced deceased on the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The accident happened on Indiana Highway 46 near Main Street in Riley, a small town about 10 miles from Terre Haute, where the university is located. The vehicle left the roadway and struck a large tree before bursting into flames. The accident is currently under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>A Sunday 1 p.m. women\u2019s soccer game has been rescheduled following the news of the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana State University head football coach Curt Mallory released only a brief statement on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for all the support during this very difficult time,\u201d Mallory wrote.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you for all the support during this very difficult time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0RGuslCt8Y\">https:\/\/t.co\/0RGuslCt8Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curt Mallory (@CmalryMallory) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CmalryMallory\/status\/1561429485245054976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) shared a statement on Twitter following the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy heart goes out to the families and friends of the Indiana State University students tragically killed in a car crash early today. I am praying for the entire ISU community,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepLarryBucshon\/status\/1561412770905538560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This is a developing story. Updates may be added.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Indiana State University students died in a single-vehicle accident early Sunday, according to a press release from the school. The accident involved five people in the vehicle, including multiple football players. Two of the students were treated for injuries. The identities of the students have not yet been released. \u201cThis is a terrible tragedy,\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1618239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1618237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1618237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1618239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1618237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1618237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1618237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}