Multiple reports say LSU Freshman Pole Vaulter Dillon Reidenauer and one other person died in a fiery car accident near Tiger Stadium on Wednesday.
Reidenauer, 18, was in a car that was turned into a T-bone by a motorcycle driven by 23-year-old Bodhi Linton, with both vehicles gushing into flames. All WBRZ.com.
Linton also died in an accident.
“We are devastated by the tragic passage of Dillon Reidenauer. Dillon Reidenauer was taken away from us too soon,” LSU track and field coach Dennis Shaver said in a statement. Posted on the school's website on Thursday. “Everyone at LSU's athletics field maintains Dillon's loved ones in our thoughts and prayers.
“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 on the roads of College Station for the SEC Championship.”
Growing up in Abita Springs, Louisiana, Reidenauer had a career in prep decorated at Fontainebleau High School before arriving at SEC school.
she School website biography She explained that she was one of the state's best high school Paul Vaulters and finished second outdoors at the LHSAA state championship.
“She was going to set her mind at LSU and do whatever it takes to achieve that goal,” Fontainebleau said, coach Sam Sanders. He spoke to nola.com.
He added: “Dillon was a model student-athlete. She was the kind of person a coach would want on any team.”
Reidenauer had planned to complete a degree in interior design.
“LSU Athletics is heartbroken to share the tragic news that freshman track and field student-athlete Dillon Reidenauer has passed away in a traffic incident in Baton Rouge on Wednesday evening,” the school said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers are as well as Dillon's family, friends and teammates, as well as those affected by the loss of another individual who died as a result of the incident. We provide resources and support to all student-athletes and staff who have been directly affected by this tragic loss.”
