2 students dead, 7 others injured after driver strikes Tennessee university cycling team: Authorities
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Key Points:
- Two Milligan University student athletes were killed and seven others injured, some critically, after a driver struck their cycling team during a training ride in Carter County, Tennessee.
- The driver, John Benfield, 69, faces multiple charges including two counts of vehicular homicide by recklessness and five counts of aggravated assault by vehicle by reckless.
- The crash occurred Wednesday morning on a highway, involving 11 students, with the two deceased identified as sophomores Haylan Engdahl and Brayden Rogers.
- Authorities are conducting a thorough investigation to determine the cause of the crash, with the driver in custody and potentially facing additional charges.
- Milligan University expressed profound shock and grief, offering pastoral and counseling support to the community in the aftermath of the tragedy.
