Okla. Faculty Soccer Participant Dies in Fiery Automobile Crash

A school soccer participant in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is lifeless following a fiery automobile accident.

Eugene Quaynor, 23, a captain of the soccer group at Oral Roberts College, suffered a deadly automobile crash Wednesday, the Tulsa Police Division stated in a press release through Fb.

Officers have been first alerted to a crash on 71st and S. Yale at 10:20 p.m. native time.

“We acquired a number of calls of a automobile totally on hearth and an individual nonetheless contained in the automobile,” the assertion stated.

An individual who was driving an SUV tried to run, nonetheless, EMSA paramedics have been in a position to comprise him till officers arrived, in keeping with authorities.

“After the preliminary investigation, officers decided the male driver of the SUV rear-ended the silver Nissan on the cease gentle, hitting it laborious sufficient to push the automobile by the intersection. The Nissan spun round and hit a retaining wall on the southeast nook, then caught hearth,” stated TPD.

The TPD later recognized the motive force of the Nissan as Quaynor.

Although witnesses tried to assist Quaynor out of his automobile, they could not as a result of it instantly burst into flames. They then took rocks to bust the home windows, “however the hearth grew to become an excessive amount of,” TPD stated.

Quaynor had died by the point first responders arrived. There was nobody else with him within the automobile.

The opposite automobile’s driver was taken to the hospital. “He was unsteady on his toes, unable to stroll, and gave the impression to be severely intoxicated. Nobody else was within the SUV with him,” the assertion continued.

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Authorities carried out a toxicology report and are recommending the District Legal professional’s workplace to cost him.

ORU helped police inform Quaynor’s household about his loss of life.

A GoFundMe has been started by an nameless individual and has raised greater than $34,000 of its $50,000 aim.

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“Eugene was a beloved member of the ORU males’s soccer group. He was a group captain and identified for his fascinating smile,” it reads. “Anybody that knew Eugene, knew he might do no mistaken. He was real, others oriented, humble, and so form. He beloved the Lord and introduced gentle wherever he went. We’re praying for his Household in Ghana.”

The college’s athletic division shared a press release through Twitter, writing, “We mourn the lack of @ORUMSoccer student-athlete, Eugene Quaynor. Eugene was the epitome of the mission we try for. He was a captain and had a spirit-empowered coronary heart able to influence the world for Jesus. His infectious smile can be missed, however we’ll always remember #27.”

The university shared the post, including that they “[send] our deepest sympathies to family and friends of @OralRobertsU student-athlete Eugene Quaynor. It’s a college’s saddest day when the lifetime of a scholar is minimize quick. Our hearts exit to ORU college students, college and workers throughout this time of tragedy.”