we begin this hour with celebration turning into tragedy at the university of georgia. just hours after the football team was honored for winning a national championship one of their key players, 20-year-old, was killed in a car crash along with a member of the football staff, 24-year-old chandler lacroix. cnn is live in athens, georgia. what do we know about what happened? reporter: we just got a statement indicating this happened at 2:45 early this morning. that car was traveling southbound on this road behind me just past this curve right here and then, fred, for some reason that car left the roadway, struck this power pole right here. we saw utility crews in the last hour or so replacing and fixing this power pole, and then the car continued, fred. you can see the debris, the fallen tree limbs where it struck a tree. as we make our way over here i will show you the exact spot where this car came to rest continuing past this slope right here and ending at this location r
you can see the debris, the fallen tree limbs where it struck a tree. as we make our way over here i will show you the exact spot where this car came to rest continuing past this slope right here and ending at this location right here in front of this apartment complex. georgia bulldogs football player devin willock, 20 years old, a recruiting staff member, and two other staff members were all inside the car at the time of the crash. willock died here at the scene. the recruiting staff member, chandler lecroy was taken to the hospital but later died. willock was an offensive lineman, a redshirt sophomore. he played every single game this year. we have a statement from the head football coach. he says, quote, we are all heartbroken and devastated. devin was an outstanding young