Crash kills Chandler basketball player, college assistant coach

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) - Presentation College in South Dakota is mourning the death of a basketball player and a graduate assistant coach.

The school issued a statement saying player Cameron Isreal and assistant coach and former player Terry Strong died Friday in a vehicle crash near Valentine, Nebraska.

Cherry County Sheriff's Deputy Joe Kreycik tells the American News that the vehicle the two were in crossed the center line on U.S. Highway 83 and collided head-on with another vehicle.

23-year-old Isreal was from Chandler, Arizona and 26-year-old Strong was from the Los Angeles area.

Presentation President Margaret Huber says in a statement that the college is "devastated by their passing."