UpdatedWed, Dec 23, 2020 at 1:42 pm CT
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Holt High School senior Ha Keem Goodman was killed in a single-vehicle accident in Northport Saturday morning. (Photo courtesy of Curtis Graves)
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. Holt High School football coach Curtis Graves was sleeping when he felt his phone begin to buzz early Saturday morning. Knowing good news rarely, if ever, comes at such a quiet hour, he immediately knew the call had to be urgent.
It was the mother of one of his players, calling to tell him there had been an accident in Northport. Once on the scene, he learned one of his athletes, senior defensive end Ha Keem Goodman, had been pronounced dead shortly after the crash. The fatal wreck came just three days after his 18th birthday.