Khyree Jackson, Minnesota Vikings Rookie, Dies at 24 After Triple Car Crash: ‘Great Player, Better Person’

khyree Jackson, a 2024 NFL draftee, has died. He was 24 years old.

The athlete, who was set to make his NFL debut this fall as the Minnesota Vikings’ rookie cornerback, died in a “triple fatal car crash” in his home state of Maryland in the early morning of Saturday, July 6, according to a press release from the Maryland State Police.

Two of Jackson’s former teammates at Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School — Isaiah Hazel, 23, and Anthony Lytton, Jr., 24 — also died in the crash in Prince George’s County, police said. Hazel was driving the vehicle, a Dodge Charger, while Jackson was in the passenger seat. Lytton, meanwhile, was in the back.

There were three vehicles involved in the crash, including a Chevrolet Impala and a silver Infiniti, which was driven by Cori Clingman, per authorities. “Investigators believe Clingman attempted to change lanes while driving at a high rate of speed when she struck the Dodge Charger and then struck the Chevrolet Impala,” police said. “The Charger subsequently traveled off of the right side of the roadway and struck multiple tree stumps where the vehicle came to rest.”

Clingman and the two passengers in her Infiniti, as well as the Impala driver, are uninjured. Investigators think alcohol may have been a “contributing circumstance” in the crash.