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Former Auburn star Philip Lutzenkirchen died in a single-car accident early Sunday morning, AL.com has confirmed.
The wreck occurred at approximately 3:05 a.m. in Troup County outside of LaGrange, Ga., at the intersection of Upper Big Springs Road and Lower Big Springs Road.
The vehicle, a 2006 Chevy Tahoe, failed to stop at an intersection and traveled approximately 451 feet out of control through a church yard, overturning several times before stopping on its roof, according to the police report.
Lutzenkirchen, 23, was ejected from the back seat of the vehicle and killed at the scene. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports he was not wearing a seat belt.
The driver, 22-year-old University of Georgia baseball player Joseph Ian Davis, also died in the crash after being partially ejected. Blood has been drawn from the Atlanta native to determine if alcohol was a contributing factor.
The other two passengers were injured. Twenty-two-year-old Elizabeth Ann Seton Craig of Eatonton, Ga., and 20-year-old Christian Tanner Case of Dadeville, Ala., were both taken to West Georgia Health Systems in LaGrange for treatment. Craig was ejected, while Case was restrained and has been released from care.
