Former Southern Miss wide receiver Michael Jackson, who played for the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns in the NFL, was killed in a motorcycle accident Friday morning in Louisiana, according to TMZ Sports. Jackson was 48.
Action 17 News in Hammond, Louisiana, confirmed the report.
Officials told TMZ that Jackson was driving his 2013 Kawasaki at 1 a.m. at a “high rate of speed” when another drive backed out of a parting spot and into both lanes of the highway. The motorcycle crashed into the driver’s side door of the car, killing the driver of the car as well.