By admin :max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(663x450:665x452)/Julian-Fleming-Alyssa-Boyd-atv-accident-052525-9fd8bd11e3624f8a9534152194aec931.jpg?ssl=1 "Former Penn State Participant Julian Fleming Injured in ATV Accident That Killed Girlfriend")
NEED TO KNOW
- Former Penn State soccer participant Julian Fleming was critically injured in a freak ATV accident, and his girlfriend, Alyssa Boyd, was killed within the crash
- The athlete was driving an ATV when he collided with a deer that jumped into the highway on Could 23, and neither passenger was sporting security gear
- Fleming, who sustained severe accidents, has since been launched from the hospital
Former Penn State soccer participant Julian Fleming was critically injured in a freak ATV accident that left his girlfriend useless.
Fleming, 24, was driving a 2024 Yamaha ATV together with his girlfriend, 23-year-old Alyssa Boyd, within the passenger seat in Columbia Township, Pa., on Friday, Could 23, when a deer jumped out into the roadway round 8:13 p.m. native time, based on an official crash report.
Boyd “sustained in depth accidents” from the collision and was pronounced useless on the scene, officers mentioned. Fleming, in the meantime, sustained severe accidents and was transported to a close-by hospital, although he has since been launched, 247 Sports reported.
Neither passenger was sporting any security gear on the time of the incident, based on the official report.
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Authorities additionally situated a “just lately deceased deer” on the scene of the crash, which officers described as “according to injury noticed on the ATV.”
The crash presently stays below additional investigation at the moment, officers mentioned.
Boyd’s final Instagram post previous to her loss of life was a photograph of herself and Fleming smiling on a soccer discipline. The previous faculty athlete may very well be seen suited up in full Nittany Lions gear.
“Pleased with you 3🤍,” she captioned the November 2024 put up, together with a nod to the vast receiver’s jersey quantity.
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Boyd, a Pennsylvania native and College of Alabama scholar, additionally shared a photograph of herself and Fleming on VSCO in January, which marked the tip of Fleming’s ultimate season, in addition to her ultimate put up on the platform.
She shared the identical photograph on her Instagram Tales, the place, to mark the tip of her boyfriend’s faculty soccer profession, she wrote, “And that is a wrap! Cannot wait to see what’s subsequent in your journey.”
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Fleming, additionally born in Pennsylvania, transferred to Penn State from Ohio State following a profitable highschool soccer profession at Southern Columbia Space Excessive College.
After wrapping his fifth and ultimate faculty soccer season with the Nittany Lions early this yr, he went undrafted within the 2025 NFL draft in April, making him a free agent.
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The Inexperienced Bay Packers confirmed curiosity within the Penn State alum, nonetheless.
The group was finalizing a cope with Fleming in early Could when, following a failed bodily examination, they knowledgeable him they might not be signing him, based on The News-Item.
The Packers have been involved with Fleming’s hip and again accidents, sources instructed the Pennsylvania newspaper.
Because the deal fell by, nonetheless, a number of different NFL groups have proven curiosity within the vast receiver, with a supply confirming to The Information-Merchandise that he had mentioned attending the minicamps of the Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco 49ers and Washington Commanders.