Evidence gathering after accident in which Khyree Jackson and two former teammates were killed

“More information about the exact incident is needed to gather sufficient evidence,” the office said in a statement. Further questions were referred to the Maryland State Police, who said only that the accident was still under investigation.

Jackson, who was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the fourth round of the NFL Draft in April, and two of his former teammates at Henry A. Wise High School – Anthony Lytton Jr., 24, and Isaiah Hazel, 23 – were killed early Saturday morning when police said a speeding and possibly intoxicated driver collided with their vehicle on northbound Route 4 near the Presidential Parkway in Prince George’s County.

As of Sunday afternoon, no charges had been filed, state police said.

The crash happened at 3:15 a.m. Saturday as the three close friends and former high school football national champions and college athletes were traveling in a Dodge Charger driven by Hazel. Police said an Infiniti Q50 changing lanes at a high rate of speed collided with the Charger and another car. The Charger veered off Route 4 and struck several tree stumps before coming to a stop. The three men were killed, authorities said.

The driver of the Infiniti, identified by police as Cori Clingman, 23, of Upper Marlboro, and her two passengers were also uninjured. The driver of the other car was also uninjured. Attempts to reach Clingman on Sunday were unsuccessful.

A full investigation into the accident could take several months, said Gregory Russell, a former military policeman and Maryland-based accident reconstruction expert. The timeline depends in part on investigators’ workloads and how long it takes to collect evidence, such as medical records, he said.

Russell said most cars built after 2013 record crash data from the vehicle’s speedometer, and that police would likely try to obtain that data with a search warrant.

“That’s one of the big things they’re going to strive for and get if they don’t have it already,” Russell said.

The crash left many in Prince George’s County and across the country mourning the loss of three promising young men who seemed to have had bright futures ahead of them.

All three played football for coach DaLawn Parrish and won multiple state championships, while he built a dynasty at Wise, winning 43 straight games and three state titles from 2015-18. Jackson finished his college career at the University of Oregon; he was previously enrolled at the University of Alabama. Lytton played in college at Florida State University and Penn State, and Hazel played at the University of Maryland and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Wise High School also lost three students to violent deaths in 2023. Two of these students were shot and the third died in a car accident.

In an Instagram post in April, just two days before the NFL Draft, Jackson wrote, “Seeing Zayy and AJ (Hazel and Lytton) in D1 was my ultimate inspiration. They inspired me to be better. I can’t thank them enough.”