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Two freshman pitchers on the LaGrange College Baseball Team were among three people killed in a car crash over the weekend, just hours after winning their conference championship, the school confirmed Sunday.
Stephen Bartolotta and Jacob Brown were involved in a head-on collision around 9:15 p.m. in Troup County, Georgia on Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Rico Dunn, 25, also died from the crash, according to local media.
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“I am deeply saddened to inform you that we lost two students last night. Baseball players Stephen Bartolotta and Jacob Brown were both killed in a tragic car accident,” said school president Dr. Susanna Baxter, in a statement. statement.
“On the heels of the team’s win of the conference championship yesterday, this news hits our baseball players especially hard. There are simply no words.”
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The team was scheduled to play in the NCAA Division III Tournament
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The Panthers (37-6) clinched their fifth consecutive South American Tournament title on Saturday, a school record, after claiming a 10-7 win over the NC Wesleyan Bishops.
The win prompted an automatic bid for the next NCAA Division III National Tournament, which begins Friday.
Georgia State Police say the crash occurred when the 2015 Honda Accord driven by Brown attempted to pass another vehicle in a prohibited area, according to the Journal-Constitution. While doing so, Brown’s vehicle collided head-on with a 2008 GMC Sierra driven by Dunn.
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The baseball players are said to have died at the scene. Dunn was taken to an area hospital and died early the next morning.
Dunn’s brother said FOX 5 Atlanta that he was killed after spending the day with his family celebrating their sister’s 28th birthday. He described him as a “loving young man” who spent his time “loving life”.
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