NFL draftee Khyree Jackson among 3 dead following Upper Marlboro crash
An NFL draft pick from Prince George’s County will never get to play a down following a deadly car crash in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, early Saturday morning.
Khyree Jackson, 24, and two other men are dead after a crash involving three vehicles on northbound Route 4/Pennsylvania Avenue and Presidential Parkway north of Dower House Road, according to Maryland State Police.
Jackson who was the front seat passenger of a Dodge Charger being driven by Isaiah Hazel, 23, of Upper Marlboro, died at the scene. Anthony Lytton, Jr., 24 of Upper Marlboro, was transported to the University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center in Largo, where he also died.
Police said the crash involving the maroon Charger also included a silver Infinity Q50 and a silver Chevrolet Impala.
State police said a preliminary investigation indicated the driver of the Infinity, who police identified as Cori Clingman, was heading north on Route 4 when her vehicle struck the Charger and the Impala “at a high rate of speed.”
The collision sent the Charger, with Jackson, Hazel and Lytton inside, “off of the right side of the roadway and struck multiple tree stumps where the vehicle came to a rest,” police said.
Neither Clingman or her two passengers were injured. Police said the male driver of the Impala, that vehicle’s sole occupant, was uninjured as well.
State police said investigators believed alcohol may have been a “contributing circumstance in the crash.”
No charges appear to have been filed as of noon Saturday.
The northbound lanes of Route 4 reopened to traffic at 10:20 a.m.
Jackson was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in Round 4 of the 2024 NFL Draft. He attended Wise High School in Upper Marlboro before playing for the Oregon Ducks in college.
Hazel, 23, played at Maryland and Charlotte, while Lytton, 24, played at Florida State and Penn State, according to ESPN.
WTOP’s Diane Roberts contributed to this report.