Monday, May 17, 2010

Houston High School Hoopster Dies In Auto Wreck Hours After Prom

((HT: MyFoxHouston/Berman))

Houston-Bellaire High School and Texas A&M signee Tobi Oyedeji died in a car crash following his prom early Sunday morning.

The crash happened just after 6AM as he lost of control of the car and went into on-coming traffic. According to Houston police, Oyedeji's car struck another car and then slammed head-on into an SUV. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital.

The woman driving the SUV was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the other struck car was not injured.

A cause for the wreck was not immediately determined.

Our friends at Fox 26 have team coverage...
Ford Atkinson was at Houston-Bellaire while Keith Calkins was in studio...


The seniors from Yates High School and Bellaire High School will play a benefit game for the Oyedeji family Wednesday night.

Kristine Galvan tracked down the daughter of the other driver in the crash to get their family's reaction as well...

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