Former college football player Bailey Lenney is dead at 27 following a fatal car accident in New Jersey.
A former member of the roster at Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, Lenney was killed in a crash at a farm in Franklin Township in Gloucester County on Saturday night after losing control of his car.
His death follows that of a beloved football coach who was killed in a horrific car crash less than a month ago.
According to NJ.com, the 27-year-old ran off the road into a field, where his car overturned multiple times and he was ejected from the sunroof.
He was flown to a hospital in Camden, where he was pronounced dead.
“After the car left the roadway and went into a farm field, it overturned several times, police said. Lenney was ejected through the vehicle’s sunroof,” the report reads.
“Lenney was taken to Cooper University Hospital in Camden by a medical helicopter, where he died, police said.”
Lenney’s family has set up a GoFundMe page to assist with burial costs.
The former player, lauded for his “kind heart” and “charming wit,” was due to become an uncle for the first time in a few weeks and was looking forward to meeting his nephew. His sister Jenna was expecting her first child.
Lenney was also said to have shared a close bond with his younger sister Tori, his best friend.
Lenney’s passing is among the latest of several fatal incidents involving people associated with school sports, another one being the shooting death of a football coach over the weekend.
Our thoughts go out to Bailey Lenney’s grieving family, as well as his friends and loved ones.