Three members of the University of Wyoming swimming and diving team were killed and two others were injured in a crash on a highway in Colorado near the state line Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
The deceased victims were only identified as an 18-year-old woman and two men, ages 21 and 22, the Colorado State Patrol said in a statement, according to FOX 31 Denver. The three were all on the Wyoming swim team but were not traveling for a college function.
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A general view of the NCAA group flags. (Scott Taetsch/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
Two other men, aged 20 and 21, were injured in the accident. They were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The accident occurred around 2:44 p.m. local time on US 287, near the Wyoming-Colorado state line. Authorities said a pickup truck veered from the southbound lanes into the northbound lanes and rolled down an embankment. Two people were thrown from the vehicle.
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Dave Denniston, head coach of the Wyoming swim team, told SwimSwam that he was “devastated” to learn of the accident and the deaths of his players.
Dave Denniston told SwimSwam he was “devastated.” (AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
“We are heartbroken by the news of this terrible tragedy for our university, our state, our community of student-athletes and, most importantly, the families and friends of these young men,” said University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel. it's a statement. “Words are insufficient to express our sadness.”
Most of the Wyoming women's swim team was in Houston for the Mountain West Conference Women's Swimming and Diving Championships.
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“My thoughts and prayers are with our swimming and diving student-athletes, coaches, families and friends,” Wyoming athletics director Tom Burman said. “It is difficult to lose members of our University of Wyoming family and we mourn the loss of these student-athletes. We have counseling services available to our student-athletes and coaches in our time of need.”
