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Father of Iowa basketball commit has died after family hit by car earlier this week

Father of Iowa basketball commit has died after family hit by car earlier this week
FORECAST. THANK YOU CHRIS. WILL YOU TONIGHT THE FATHER OF AND UNIVERSITY OF IOWA WOMAN’S BASKETBALL RECRUIT HAS DIED AFTER A TRAGIC CAR CRASH. HAPPENED. JUST THREE DAYS AFTER HIS DAUGHTER COMMITTED TO THE HAWKEYES. THIS IS SUCH A SAD STORY KANSAS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL STAR AVA JONES WAS WITH HER FAMILY EARLIER THIS WEEK ON THE SIDEWALK IN DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY WHEN THEY WERE HIT BY A CAR JONES AND HER PARENTS WERE SERIOUSLY HURT HER FATHER TRADE JONES DIED LAST NIGHT AT THE HOSPITAL POLICE. SAY THE DRIVER OF THE CAR MICHAEL HURLEY ADMITTED TO TAKING HYDROCODONE AND FEELING TIRED AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. HE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH THE SALT AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE POLICE. SAY HURLE
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Father of Iowa basketball commit has died after family hit by car earlier this week
The father of a Kansas high school basketball star has died from his injuries after being struck by a car, WLKY reports. Ava Jones, an Iowa women's basketball commit, was in Louisville with her AAU team for the Run 4 the Roses tournament at the International Convention Center.Police say the 17-year-old was with her parents and brother Tuesday night when a car drove up onto the sidewalk at Second and Market streets.Jones and her parents were both seriously hurt. The coroner reports Trey Jones died Thursday night at University Hospital.The driver, Michael Hurley, admitted to taking hydrocodone and felt tired. He was arrested for assault and driving under the influence.WLKY was told he will now be charged with murder.Jones announced her plans to the Hawkeyes just two days before the accident, CBS News reported.She and her mother were still unconscious on Saturday. A Go Fund Me page has been created to support the family. More news:

The father of a Kansas high school basketball star has died from his injuries after being struck by a car, WLKY reports.

Ava Jones, an Iowa women's basketball commit, was in Louisville with her AAU team for the Run 4 the Roses tournament at the International Convention Center.

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Police say the 17-year-old was with her parents and brother Tuesday night when a car drove up onto the sidewalk at Second and Market streets.

Jones and her parents were both seriously hurt. The coroner reports Trey Jones died Thursday night at University Hospital.

The driver, Michael Hurley, admitted to taking hydrocodone and felt tired. He was arrested for assault and driving under the influence.

WLKY was told he will now be charged with murder.

Jones announced her plans to the Hawkeyes just two days before the accident, CBS News reported.

She and her mother were still unconscious on Saturday.

page has been created to support the family.

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