Cameron Isreal, 23, and Terry Strong, 26, killed in head-on collision on U.S. Highway 83 in Valentine, Nebraska
Modified Date:
Tue, 06/09/2015 - 6:22amAccident Date:
Friday, June 5, 2015Crash kills Presentation basketball player, assistant coach
"Cam and Terry were great young men and we are devastated by their passing," Presentation President Margaret Huber said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with their families at this time."
Presentation Basketball Player & Assistant Coach Killed In Car Accident
Both men were traveling together in route back to Aberdeen when the vehicle they were traveling in was involved in a head-on collision.
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Cameron Alexander Isreal, a current business major at PC, and Terry Cornell Strong, a recent Interdisciplinary Studies graduate were both involved with Presentation College basketball team. Isreal was a current player and Strong was a former player and current graduate assistant.
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Isreal's funeral is Thursday at Central Christian Church in Mesa, Arizona, according to the college. Another service eventually will be held in Maryland, where his mother lives. Funeral arrangements were pending for Strong. Isreal, a 6-foot-3 junior guard, averaged more than 16 points per game for the Saints last season and was named to the North Star Athletic Association all-conference team.
Terry Strong and Cameron Isreal were traveling on U.S. Highway 83 when for unknown reasons their vehicle crossed the center line and collided head-on with another vehicle. They were pronounced dead at the scene. Cameron Isreal was a 6-foot-3 junior guard who averaged more than 16 points per game for the Saints last season. Terry Strong was graduate assistant coach who was planning to return for a second year of coaching at Presentation College in South Dakota.
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Type: Car Accident
Topics:
Head-onPeople Involved:
Cameron Isreal
Terry Strong
Roadway:
U.S. Highway 83City:
Valentine, NECounty:
Cherry County, NEArea:
Sioux Falls, SD
Comments
This seems so unreal to me
Me too, it's a mystery
Cameron Isreal is my oldest
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