U. of Wyo. footballer dies in car crash

LARAMIE, Wyo., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- University of Wyoming linebacker Ruben Narcisse was killed and three other players were injured in an early Monday car crash, school officials said.

Wyoming President Tom Buchanan said Narcisse, a 19-year-old freshman from North Miami, Fla., died in Colorado shortly after 5:30 a.m., as the teammates were returning to Laramie, Wyo., from a trip to Fort Collins, Colo., The Miami Herald reported.

"The loss of any student saddens us immeasurably," Buchanan said in statement. "My condolences go out to Ruben's family and friends. The entire university community grieves his loss."

The Colorado State Patrol said there was no evidence of drugs or alcohol in the accident, and that the driver of the Toyota Tundra carrying the four teammates apparently fell asleep while driving along U.S. Highway 287.

Narcisse, a 2009 All-Broward County linebacker for Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna High School, was a passenger in the car, the Herald reported.

The newspaper said the other three players involved in the accident were Trey Fox, 19, of Glenwood Springs, Colo.; C.J. Morgan, 18, of Aurora, Colo.; and J.J. Quinlan, 19, of Everett, Wash.