Former college basketball player Cameron Woodall, 26, dies in Mississippi after ATV crash

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Cameron Woodall, a former college basketball subordinate and two-time Mississippi authorities champion successful precocious school, has died aft reportedly being progressive successful an ATV clang implicit the weekend. He was 26.

Woodall was driving a 4-wheeler successful Raymond, Mississippi, astatine astir 11:30 p.m. section clip erstwhile helium mislaid power of the conveyance and overturned, interim Hinds County Coroner Jeremiah Howard told WLBT.

Cameron Woodall (John E. Moore III/Getty Images)

Another person driving a abstracted ATV was besides progressive successful the incident. That idiosyncratic was reportedly taken to the infirmary with non-life-threatening injuries.

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An probe into the mishap is ongoing, the Mississippi Clarion Ledger reported.

A Mississippi native, Woodall was a standout connected the hoops squad astatine Raymond High School, wherever helium won a authorities title successful 2017 and 2018. He went connected to play assemblage hoops astatine Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Grambling State and astir precocious astatine Tougaloo College.

"It is with profound sadness that we stock the untimely passing of Cameron D. ‘Big Cam’ Woodall, a beloved erstwhile Tougaloo College men’s hoops standout. Known for his larger-than-life presence, fierce competitiveness connected the court, and kind-hearted tone disconnected it, Cam near an indelible people connected the Tougaloo family," the school’s athletics leafage posted connected Instagram.

Cameron Woodall (0) (Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports)

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"His interaction extended acold beyond basketball; helium was a friend, a brother, and a existent Bulldog done and through. We nonstop our deepest condolences to his family, friends, teammates, and each who had the privilege of knowing him."

Copiah-Lincoln besides shared a station honoring Woodall connected X.

"The Co-Lin household extends our heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, and erstwhile teammates of erstwhile Co-Lin hoops subordinate Cameron Woodall."