A student-athlete who committed to the University of Pittsburgh's football program died on Saturday in a car crash in the state of Indiana. He was identified as Mason Alexander. Alexander was the passenger in a car that attempted to pass another vehicle just before the top of a hill when another vehicle came the opposite way and struck the car that Alexander was in.

A freshman cornerback for Pittsburgh’s football team is dead after a car crash in Indiana, the team announced. Mason Alexander died in Fishers on Saturday night. He was 18.

The college football world is in mourning this week as the Pittsburgh Panthers lost a young member of their team after a tragic car accident. On Sunday morning, Pitt Panthers head coach Pat Narduzzi shared the devastating news that freshman cornerback Mason Alexander had passed away in a car