Holy Cross Student Rower Killed in Florida Crash

According to a preliminary investigation, Chief Currey said, the van, which was carrying about 12 members of the team, was traveling south when it made a left turn to go over the bridge. A man driving north in a red Dodge pickup slammed into the front passenger side of the van, where Ms. Rett was sitting, he said.

“To my knowledge, she was wearing her seatbelt,” Chief Currey said.

He said that the accident remained under investigation and that no charges had been filed.

About 20 members of the crew team, including coaches, had been traveling in two vans. The second van, which was behind the first, was not involved in the crash. But those team members witnessed it.

“Obviously, they are not doing well,” Chief Currey said. “But physically, they’re doing much better.”

“Our entire Holy Cross community is mourning today,” Marcus Blossom, the college’s athletic director, said in a statement. “Our prayers are with Grace’s family and all those injured in today’s events. We ask for everyone’s thoughts and prayers.”

On Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Blossom, along with the college’s president and members of the chaplaincy, traveled to Florida. Hundreds of students attended a brief gathering at a campus athletics complex where chaplains and counselors offered support, according to the school.

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