Nov. 11 (UPI) – – Previous NFL player D.J. Hayden was among six individuals killed in an auto collision in midtown Houston early Saturday morning.
Zach McMillan and Ralph Oragwu, two of Hayden’s former teammates, were killed in the accident around 2 a.m. after a car ran a red light. Four individuals were articulated dead at the scene. One more four individuals were taken to a neighborhood clinic. After being taken to the hospital, two of them passed away.
Hayden, McMillan and Oragwu played football together at the College of Houston. In 2012, Hayden experienced a close lethal heart injury yet proceeded to play in the NFL for nine seasons for Oakland, Detroit, Jacksonville and Washington.
The College of Houston made an announcement via web-based entertainment:
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“The whole College of Houston people group is crushed over the sad passing of previous Football understudy competitors D.J. Hayden, Zachary McMillian and Ralph Oragwu recently, and our contemplations and petitions to heaven stay with Jeffery Lewis in his recuperation ahead. We stretch out our most profound sympathies to their families, companions, and friends and family, as we altogether grieve the deficiency of three people who had a permanent effect on every life they contacted. While their joined gifts gave Houston Football a portion of its most extraordinary minutes, their one of a kind inheritances will best be associated with the manner in which they cherished their colleagues, upheld their networks and challenged the chances.”
The Raiders selected Hayden as the No. 12 by and large pick in the 2013 NFL Draft.
On social media, the team said, “The Raiders Family is mourning the tragic loss of former cornerback D.J. Hayden.” The Plunderers’ first-round draft choose from the College of Houston in 2013, D.J. conquered a heart injury supported in a school practice to play nine years in the NFL, incorporating his initial four with the Silver and Dark. D.J’s. fortitude, diligence, and devotion to his colleagues will be affectionately recalled by every individual who knew him. The requests of the whole Marauder Country are with D.J’s. friends and family right now.”