Terrence Clarke, from the University of Kentucky, died on Thursday in a car accident in Los Angeles.
The 19-year-old was regarded as one of the best up and coming talents in American basketball and intended to appear in the
NBA draft.
According to the police report,
Clarke was driving at high speed with his 2021 Hyundai Genesis when he ran a red light and collided with another car that was making a left turn.
He then collided with a street post and a wall, before being transferred to Northridge Hospital where he was pronounced dead as a result of the crash.
By Victoria Albert
April 23, 2021 / 6:45 AM / CBS News
Terrence Clarke, a 19-year-old basketball player for the University of Kentucky who had recently declared for the NBA draft, died in a car crash on Thursday, Los Angeles police confirmed.
The crash occurred at approximately 2 p.m. local time, after Clarke ran a red light and collided with a vehicle attempting to make a left hand turn, a spokesperson from the LAPD s Valley Traffic division told CBS News, citing footage captured from a resident s security camera. Clarke s vehicle then hit a light pole and a brick wall, the spokesperson said.
Clarke was transported to Northridge Hospital where he died from his injuries, the spokesperson said. No one else was injured.
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Clarke was 19 years old.
Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. John Matassa, who works in the Valley Traffic Division, told ESPN s Ramona Shelburne that Clarke was a solo occupant in a vehicle that ran a red light going at a very high rate of speed in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles at approximately 2:10 p.m. PT.
NBA draft prospect and former University of Kentucky guard Terrence Clarke has died in a horrific car crash in Los Angeles after he allegedly ran a red light and slammed into a wall at an intersection.
The crash occurred on Thursday at 2:10pm on Winnetka Avenue in the northwest part of the city after Clarke, 19, had gone through a workout with his former Wildcats teammate and fellow NBA hopeful Brandon Boston Jr. in anticipation of the upcoming draft.
Clarke was driving his 2021 Hyundai Genesis at speed when he ran a red light, hit a car that was turning left and failed to stop before hitting a pole and a wall, LAPD said.
By Ryan Shepard
The world of basketball is still reeling after 19-year-old basketball prospect
Terrence Clarke died following a car accident in California on Thursday. Los Angeles Police Department Sergeant
John Matassa has reported that Clarke ran a red light while driving at a very high rate of speed in San Fernando Valley on Thursday afternoon. The incident was captured on surveillance video. He collided with another vehicle that was preparing to make a left-hand turn. He struck the vehicle, hit a street light pole and ultimately hit a block wall, Matassa said. He was transported to Northridge Hospital and was later pronounced deceased as a result of the collision.