Eastern Kentucky defensive lineman Joseph Kraemer was pronounced dead Sunday morning after being involved in a car accident in Madison County, Kentucky.
He was 19.
According to a WKYT report, police say Kraemer was in a car that ran off the road sometime late Saturday night or early Sunday morning. Lex18.com reported he hit a tree and went over an embankment, and the impact of the crash caused him to die on the scene. The cause of the accident is unclear at this time.
Kraemer was in his first season at Eastern Kentucky after transferring from UTEP.