LSU pole vaulter dead at 18 after car wreck

LSU Pole Vaulter Dillon Reidenauer is one of two people killed in a car accident on school campus earlier this week.

The 18-year-old Reidenauer was in a car struck by a 23-year-old motorcyclist. According to WBRZ In Louisiana.

The outlet reported that motorcycle rider Bodhi Linton moved north on Nicholson Drive near Tiger Stadium when Linton defeated the car with a T-bone, with both vehicles in flames.

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“We are devastated by the tragic passage of Dillon Reidenauer. Dillon Reidenauer was quickly taken from us.” said in a statement. “Everyone at our LSU Athletics Stadium maintains Dillon's loved ones in our thoughts and prayers, and other individuals who have lost in the incident.

LSU campus during a match between the LSU Tigers and the Alabama Crimson Tide at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on November 9, 2024. (John Kordunner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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“We will do everything we can to ensure that our student-athletes and staff have the resources they need to handle the grief of this terrible loss. We also want to thank Texas A&M for providing their support and compassion as we are at the university station for the SEC Championship.”

Reidenaur was from nearby Abita Springs and had a degree in interior design from the school. She was in her first year at LSU.

She starred in high school and placed second in the 2024 LHSAA State 5A Championship with a 3.64m clearance. As a junior at Fontainbleau High School, she finished fourth in the state tournament.

LSU track athlete Dillon Lee Denauer was in his first year at university. (Stephen Lu Usa is sports today)

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Linton's mother died in a crash on her motorcycle in May.

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