Football Player Killed In Crash Remembered For Having 'Personality Larger Than Life'
A Hudson Valley teen and former high school football player who was killed in a two-vehicle crash over the weekend is being remembered for his kindness and his "larger than life" personality.
Rashid Hopson, age 19, died in a crash on I-87 in Rockland County on the morning of Sunday, Aug. 15, according to New York State Police.
Hopson, of Spring Valley, was a passenger in the back seat of a Honda Accord that struck the rear of a Subaru Outback, before going off the right shoulder of the highway and down an embankment. Another passenger, Ashawn Duncan, age 18, of Spring Valley, was critical…
Dean's List Student Killed In Crash Was HS Football Player In Fairfield County
The 22-year-old Fairfield County college student who died in a vehicle crash was a well-known football and rugby player.
Brandon Hensel, of Newtown, was killed around 5 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 28 on Toddy Hill Road in Newtown, according to police.
Hensel, who was driving a 1999 Ford Explorer, was discovered on a property on Quarry Ridge Road and was transported by Newtown Ambulance to Danbury Hospital where he died on Monday, March 1, said Newtown PD Lieutenant Aaron Bahamonde.
A lifelong resident of Newtown, Hensel was the son of Karen Hensel and the late Kenneth Hensel, Jr, of Sandy Hook.&nbs…
Covid-19: HS Football Player Dies By Suicide After Leaving Note Saying He Felt Isolated
A 16-year-old high school football player in New England who died by suicide left behind a note saying he felt isolated amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Spencer Smith, of Brunswick, Maine, was having trouble coping with feeling isolated, his father, Jay Smith, told WMTW-TV in Portland, Maine.
Jay Smith started speaking out after Spencer's death on Friday, Dec. 4 so other families know the toll the pandemic is taking on kids.
Spencer kept busy during the summer regularly working out in preparation for the football season. But a shift to flag football only meant Spencer, a lineman, wou…
