Nick Danbrowney had a lot more life to live and many more things to accomplish before his untimely demise.
According to 13NewsNow, citing North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Danbrowney lost his life due to a vehicle accident where he was said to be a front-seat passenger in a 2023 Ford Explorer driven by 65-year-old Rosario Edgar of Georgia.
Edgar was heading north on NC 12 just after midnight in Corolla when he lost control at a high rate of speed, hit an embankment, and flipped multiple times, the outlet reported.
Bill Rogan, the Train Robbers manager, said the news of Danbrowney’s death left him numb, per NJ1015.
“Our entire team is devastated. Even though we went our separate ways after the season, we’re still a close-knit group. We’re having trouble dealing with this. Nick was a gentleman off the field and a terrific pitcher on the mound with a bright future. We loved Nick and will never forget him,” Rogan said.
Unfortunately, 2025 has been filled with a ton of young athletes departing the Earth, as we saw with Baltimore Orioles prospect Luis Guevara, who lost his life at age 19 in a watercraft crash in June.
Two jet skis, carrying a total of four people, collided head-on and sent everyone into the water before they were pulled ashore for medical aid by onlookers. Guevara did not make it.
The New Jersey baseball community has been hit with tragedy after Nick Danbrowney, a Barnegat HS grad and star right-handed pitcher on the baseball team, was tragically killed in a car accident on August 18.
Unfortunately, Danbrowney was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected and killed, likely on impact.
Edgar died at the hospital, and a third passenger was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, 13NewsNow said.
Danbrowney was a member of the Bakersfield Train Robbers, a ball club in the Pecos League, an independent league not associated with Major League Baseball.
He signed with the professional team in June, just after he graduated from Ramapo College with a major in social science.
In his final season at Ramapo, Nick Danbrowney broke the college’s record for strikeouts with 225 throughout his tenure. He had seven wins and three losses.
Danbrowney was named to the All-Region Third Team with Ramapo College in 2025.