Illinois State Assistant Coach, boosters killed in plane crash

[IndyTreeFan]

An assistant coach for the Illinois State basketball team and several boosters were killed last night when the plane in which they were returning to Blo-No from Indianapolis crashed short of the runway in Central Illinois. What a terrible tragedy.

Here's the coach's bio from the Illinois State website: http://goredbirds.com/staff.aspx?staff=17

Prayers go out to the Redbird program.

 

[Jason Svoboda]

That's terrible.

Has been a really shitty year for air travel.

 

[blueblazer]

How awful

 

[SycamoreStateofMind]

Terrible. Thoughts and prayers go out to the families and school.

Basketball doesn't seem so big after things like this happen.

 

[Sycamore Proud]

Terrible. Thoughts and prayers go out to the families and school.

Basketball doesn't seem so big after things like this happen.

So very true.

 

[Bluethunder]

Thoughts and prayers to all involved and to the community.

 

[treeman]

Terrible news, reading the redbird board is just heartbreaking

 

[ISUCC]

terrible news for all involved. Life is certainly too short.

 

[TwoMinuteDrill]

An assistant coach for the Illinois State basketball team and several boosters were killed last night when the plane in which they were returning to Blo-No from Indianapolis crashed short of the runway in Central Illinois. What a terrible tragedy.

Here's the coach's bio from the Illinois State website: http://goredbirds.com/staff.aspx?staff=17

Prayers go out to the Redbird program.

This tragedy actually claimed two Illinois State University employee lives. The first was Associate Head Coach Torrey Ward (listed above) and Deputy Director of Athletics Aaron Leatch. Five other local businessmen perished in the crash as well. They were on there way back from the NCAA national championship in Indianapolis when there plane crashed just two miles from the Bloomington airport. Very sad.