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2 college cyclists killed and 7 injured in Tennessee car crash | CNN

Two members of a university cycling team were killed and seven others were injured Wednesday when a car collided with a group of riders in northeastern Tennessee, state officials said. Milligan University, a private Christian school with just over 1,200 students, said 11 of its cyclists were out together on a morning training ride when they were struck by a driver in Hampton, about 11 miles (18 kilometers) from the campus in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The county’s district attorney, Steve Finney, said a 69-year-old man from North Carolina had been arrested and faced two counts of reckless vehicular homicide and five counts of aggravated assault by vehicle with recklessness. Milligan sophomores Haylan Engdahl, of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, and Brayden Rogers, of Huntsville, Alabama, were killed in the crash, university President Stephen Waers said. The other student-athletes were transported to the nearby Johnson City Medical Center, he said. “We need to help our brothers and sisters bear burdens that are too great for any one person to carry alone,” Waers said in an emotional video message shared with the school community. He urged students to come together i

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Driver accused of killing 2 college cyclists in Tennessee crash allegedly failed to brake: court docs

Milligan University sophomores Haylan Engdahl and Brayden Rogers were killed, and seven other college cyclists were injured in the crash on Highway 19 in Carter County Aug. 19. A Tennessee driver accused of striking a group of college…

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Driver accused of killing 2 college cyclists in Tennessee crash allegedly failed to brake: court docs

Milligan University sophomores Haylan Engdahl and Brayden Rogers were killed, and seven other college cyclists were injured in the crash on Highway 19 in Carter County Aug. 19. A Tennessee driver accused of striking a…

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2 college cyclists killed and 7 injured in Tennessee car crash | CNN

Two members of a university cycling team were killed and seven others were injured Wednesday when a car collided with a group of riders in northeastern Tennessee, state officials said. Milligan University, a private…

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Two members of a university cycling team were killed and seven others were injured Wednesday when a car collided with a group of riders in northeastern Tennessee, state officials said. Milligan University, a private Christian school with…

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