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One person was killed Thursday morning in a two-car crash that sent one vehicle into the front yard of a Winnetka home.

dwerner151@verizon.net The headline on the first page of the sports section in the Malone Telegram on Saturday, April 24, read: “Former Kentucky basketball player Terrence Clarke dies in car accident at age 19.” The article, by Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky, states that former University of Kentucky basketball player Terrance Clarke was killed in a car accident in Los Angeles on Thursday, April 22, the L.A. Police Department confirmed. But was this incident really an accident? The work “accident” implies that this tragedy was unavoidable — not re...

Following news of Clarke's death, an emotional Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens addressed the tragedy following the Celtics' 99-86 win over the Suns on Thursday night. He noted that while he didn't know Clarke - a Boston native - personally, his son looked up to the Kentucky product. "Not sure how much I want to talk about the game when you consider he is a Boston kid," Stevens said. "Those kids are important to us here. I never met him, I know my son looks up to him. Hard to talk about basketball." Celtics point guard Kemba Walker also spoke about Clarke's promising future.

Former Kentucky Wildcats guard Terrence Clarke, 19, dies following car accident play Stevens, Walker react to the tragic news of Terrence Clarke's death (1:36) Brad Stevens and Kemba Walker talk about the news of former Kentucky guard Terrence Clarke dying in a car accident on Thursday. (1:36) 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 approx...

NBA draft prospect Terrence Clarke is mourned after his death in Los Angeles-area car crash Matt Bonesteel, The Washington Post April 23, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail The University of Kentucky announced Thursday night that Terrence Clarke, who played as a freshman for the Wildcats men's basketball team last season before declaring for the NBA draft, died Thursday afternoon in a Los Angeles car crash. He was 19. "I am absolutely gutted and sick tonight," Kentucky Coach John Calipari said in a school-issued statement. "A young person who we all love has just lost his life too soon, one with all ...