Wednesday evening, two people, including a vaulter for women of the Louisiana State University, died in a car accident on the Red Baton campus of the school on Wednesday evening, according to college officials.
Around 9:07 p.m. Wednesday, the driver of a Honda Accord was moving south on Nicholas Drive and tried to make a left turn on South Quad Drive, the Red Boton Police Service announced on Thursday in a statement.
When you try to make the turn on the left, the “Honda Agreement was struck by the driver of a BMW motorcycle which was moving north on Nicholson Drive.”
Dillon Reudenauer, 18, a first -year vaulter with the pole of the first year, was killed in a car accident on the LSU campus on Wednesday, February 26, 2025.
Reagan Cotten / Courtesy of LSU Athletics
The driver of the car and the motorcyclist, Bohdi Linton, 23, were both died at the scene of the accident, the police said.
Dillon Reudenauer, 18, was identified as the driver of the car, said LSU athletics statement THURSDAY.
“We are devastated by the tragic death of Dillon Reingerauer, who was removed far too early,” said LSU athletics coach Dennis Shaver. “Everyone in our LSU track & Field Family keeps Dillon’s loved ones in our thoughts and prayers, as well as those of the other individual lost in the incident. “”
REUDENAUER was a first -year student in LSU, pursuing a diploma in interior design and was part of the Women’s Saut de la poche female team, said the college.
Originally from Abita Springs, in Louisiana, Relenauer was one of the best pole vaulters of the state preparation when he frequented the Lycée de Fontainebleau. She finished second at the LHSAA 5A 2024 championships and ran fourth in the same competition as a junior.
Dillon Reudenauer, 18, first -year Vaulter at the State University of Louisiana, was killed on Wednesday February 26, 2025 in a car accident on the campus.
Bransen Phillips / Courtesy of LSU Athletics
Her organic On the LSU athletics page describes Reternalaer as “one of the best posts of the state of Louisiana which leaves the school”.
The LSU is one of the best nation pole jump programs, thanks in part to the Alun Mondo Duplantis, which holds the world record in the event and won gold at the Tokyo and Paris Olympic Games. REUDENAUER, in the first year, was not yet in competition, but learned under the best vaulter of the team, Johanna Duplantis, the younger sister of the greatest vaulter of a recognized post of all time.
Shaver said the team was currently on the road to College Station, Texas, for the SEC championships and “Thank you to Texas A& M for having offered their support and compassion. “”
LSU Athletics said that they “provide resources and support for all of our students athletes and our employees directly affected by this tragic loss”.
