College rowing team involved in deadly crash

Chief David Currey said a van carrying members of a women's rowing team turned in front of a pickup truck on a green light, causing the truck to slam into the van.

A DEVASTATING CRASH AT A VEROBEACH INTERSECTION.

A DEADLYCOLLISION INVOLVING MEMBERS OFTHE HOLY CROSS COLLEGE WOMENROWING TEAM.

AN IMPACT THATKILLED A STAR ATHLETE AND LEFTMAN OTHERS IN THE HOSPITAL.TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHTBEGINNING WITH MEGHANMCROBERTS -- LIVE OUTSIDELAWNWOOD REGIONAL MEDICALCENTER.

MEGHAN?EIGHT OF THIRTEEN VICTIMSTODAY WERE TRANSPORTED HERE TOLAWN WOOD REGIONAL MEDICALCENTER.

AT LAST CHECK AROUNDNINE TONIGHT- THE HOSPITALSAID THREE ARE IN CRITICALCONDITION, TWO ARE STABLE ANDTHE OTHER THREE ARE IN GOODCONDITION.

4 OTHERS INJUREDWERE ALSO RELEASED THISAFTERNOON FROM CLEVELACLINIC.

NOW- THE HOLY CROSSCOMMUNITY IS PLANNING TO HONORTHE LIFE OF THE BELOVEDSOPHOMORE ATHLETE KILLED ITHE CRASH.<< THE HOLY CROSS WOMENROWING TEAM WAS TRAVELING INTWO VANS TO WINTER TRAINING INVERO BEACH WEDNESDAY& WHENPOLICE SAY ONE OF THE VANSTURNED IN FRONT OF AN ONCOMINGPICKUP TRUCK, WHILE BOTH HAD AGREEN LIGHT.“WENEED ONE MORE ENGINE FOR MANPOWER” SITTING IN THE FRONTPASSENGER SEAT OF THIS VAN WAS20-YEAR OLD GRACE RETT& APSYCHOLOGY AND ENGLISH MAJORAT THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLYCROSS IN MASSACHUSETTS& SHERECENTLY BROKE AN INDOORROWING RECORD.“GRACE WAS ALIGHT TO ALL WHO KNEW HER.

SHEWAS INCREDIBLY PASSIONATE ANDHARD WORKING” THE HOLY CROSSDEAN OF STUDENTS SAYS THECOLLEGE PLANS TO HONOR RETTAND CELEBRATE HER LIFE..GIVING TEARFUL CONDOLENCES TOGRACE“MY THOUGHTS ARE REALLY WITH“ITAND ITUNFORTUNATE BUT ITTHE SECOND VAN WITNESSED THEIRFELLOW TEAMMATESDEADLYCRASH.“THEYFROM THE SITUATION AND BEINGTHE SECOND VAN AND WATCHINGTHAT FIRST VAN COLLIDE ANDSEEING THE INJURIES ANDKNOWING ONE OF THEIR TEAMMATESHAS PASSED, OBVIOUSLY THEYNOT DOING WELL.

BUT,PHYSICALLY THEYBETTER” THE JESUIT SCHOOL NOWRELYING ON THEIR FAITH- TOPULL THEM THROUGH THISTRAGEDY.