Two other members of the football team injured in the crash have been released from intensive care but remain hospitalized in serious condition, the university said in a statement. The one-vehicle crash happened around 1:30 a.m. Sunday when the vehicle left a state highway and struck a tree in the small town of Riley, about 10 miles from the university’s Terre Haute campus. Vigo County Sheriff John Plasse said the vehicle was on fire when deputies arrived and the driver and two passengers were pronounced dead at the scene. The sheriff’s department did not say who was driving or provide more details about the circumstances of the crash. The dead have been identified as Christian Eubanks, 18, of Waukegan, Illinois. Jayden Musili, 19, of Fort Wayne, Indiana; and Caleb VanHooser, 19, of Liberty Township, Ohio, in the northern suburbs of Cincinnati. Eubanks was a freshman linebacker who went to Warren Township High School and VanHooser was a freshman defensive back who went to Lakota East. Musili was a sophomore who committed to Indiana State this year and was not on the football team, the school said. The injured were Omarion Dixon, 20, of Lafayette, Indiana, a redshirt freshman running back; and John Moore, 19, of Wheaton, Illinois, a redshirt freshman linebacker. University President Deborah J. Curtis called the crash a tragedy and said “the Sycamore family is grieving.” Hundreds of students and others gathered Sunday night outside the university’s football stadium for a vigil to honor the victims of the crash. “This is a terrible day for Indiana State football and a devastating loss for both the Eubanks and VanHooser families,” football coach Curt Mallory said in a statement. “Both young men were quality people who were loved and respected by their teammates and this staff. To say they will be missed is an understatement.”
