2 individuals, consisting of a Louisiana State College ladies’s post vaulter, passed away in an auto accident on the college’s Baton Rouge school Wednesday evening, according to university authorities.
At roughly 9:07 p.m. on Wednesday, the vehicle driver of a Honda Accord was taking a trip southbound on Nicholas Drive and tried to make a left turn on South Quad Drive, the Baton Rouge Authorities Division claimed in a declaration on Thursday.
When attempting to make the left turn, the “Honda Accord was struck by the vehicle driver of a BMW motorbike that was taking a trip northbound on Nicholson Drive.”
Dillon Reidenauer, 18, a fresher post vaulter, was eliminated in an auto accident on the LSU school on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025.
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The vehicle driver of the vehicle and the motorcyclist, 23-year-old Bohdi Linton, both passed away on the scene of the mishap, cops claimed.
Dillon Reidenauer, 18, was determined as the vehicle driver of the vehicle, LSU Sports claimed in a statement on Thursday.
” We are ravaged by the unfortunate death of Dillon Reidenauer, that was drawn from us a lot ahead of time,” LSU track and area trainer Dennis Electric razor claimed. “Everybody in our LSU Track & & Area household is maintaining Dillon’s enjoyed ones in our ideas and petitions, along with those of the various other specific shed in the occurrence.”
Reidenauer was a fresher at LSU, seeking a level in interior decoration and belonged of the ladies’s post safe group, the university claimed.
Initially from Abita Springs, Louisiana, Reidenauer was just one of the leading preparation post vaulters in the state while participating in Fontainebleau Senior high school. She ended up second at the 2024 LHSAA 5A Champions and positioned 4th at that very same satisfy as a junior.
Dillon Reidenauer, 18, a fresher post vaulter at Louisiana State College, was eliminated Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in an auto accident on school.
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Her bio on LSU’s sports web page explains Reidenauer as “among the very best post vaulters in the state of Louisiana appearing of senior high school.”
LSU is just one of the leading post rising programs in the country, many thanks partly to alum Mondo Duplantis, that holds the globe document in case and won gold at the Tokyo and Paris Olympics. Reidenauer, as a fresher, was not yet completing, however was finding out under the group’s leading post vaulter, elderly Johanna Duplantis, the more youthful sibling of the recognized best post vaulter of perpetuity.
Electric razor claimed the group is presently when traveling at University Terminal, Texas, for the SEC Championships and “many thanks Texas A&& M for providing their assistance and concern.”
LSU Sports claimed they are “offering sources and assistance to every one of our student-athletes and personnel straight affected by this unfortunate loss.”
