Two former high school teammates, players at Texas A&M and Utah, were among three killed while making the long drive home from Utah to Texas. Another Utah player was injured, but survived.
A&M’s beautiful tribute to fallen player
Texas A&M“We wanted to come up with a tribute to Polo as a player, but also reflect a bit of his personality as well,” said Aggies equipment manager Matt Watson in a release. “After talking with several of his friends and family, it was evident how much Polo’s Tongan heritage meant to him. After trying to incorporate partial elements of Polo’s actual Tongan tribal arm tattoos, we came up with this design.”
Read Article >Euless community remembers lost football players
@EricKingNBC5Under 24 hours after the death of three in a Tuesday morning car accident, the Euless (Texas) community rallied to hold a memorial service at Trinity High School’s football practice facility.
The impromptu memorial service is the first of several, with more coming on Wednesday evening:
Read Article >A&M, Utah players killed in car wreck
Euless, Texas Flickr user jayRaz via Creative Commons licenseFreshman Utes guard Salesi Uhatafe (the driver and Manukainiu’s stepbrother) was reportedly airlifted to Texas and is in critical condition, according to multiple outlets based in Utah. Uhatafe’s father also survived the accident, according to Utah. (Update: both Uhatafes are out of the hospital now.)
More details, from Texas A&M’s confirmation of the news:
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