“It is with great sorrow and a heavy heart that we share the news that Grand Canyon University student and basketball player Oscar Frayer was one of three individuals who died in an auto accident in Lodi, California, on Tuesday,” GCU officials said in a statement. Several of Frayer’s teammates expressed shock and grief on social media before his death was publicly confirmed. University officials had heard about the crash but had been unable to confirm it. The car then collided with a tree and became fully engulfed in flames, CHP said. Two highway patrol officers had stopped to assist a disabled tractor-trailer in the southbound lanes when a 2021 Subaru SUV veered from the road and rear-ended the stopped CHP patrol vehicle, the statement said. Tuesday, on Interstate 5 just south of Walnut Grove, according to a statement issued by the California Highway Patrol.
I know your pops is proud! Love you! #Legacy #BigO /SBiw7Kmhj9- Frank Knight March 24, 2021 Im so so proud of you! Glad you went back and got that degree, glad you got to the Big Dance, glad I got to help & watch you become a great young man. Not even enough characters to explain our relationship. It was his 107th start for the Antelopes. A third person, who also died, has not been identified.įrayer’s death happened three days after he scored eight points, blocked three shots and had five assists in Grand Canyon’s 86-74 first-round loss to Iowa in Indianapolis, ESPN reported. Frayer’s sister, Andrea Moore, 28, of Stockton, California, was also killed in the crash in Lodi, the newspaper reported. He was 23.įrayer’s death was confirmed Thursday by the San Joaquin Medical Examiner’s Office in California, The Arizona Republic reported. Oscar Frayer, a senior forward for the Grand Canyon University men’s basketball team who played in last week’s NCAA Tournament, was killed in a car accident in northern California on Tuesday, authorities said. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images) Maat 7:02 pm EDT By Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk Basketball player killed Oscar Frayer played 107 games for the Grand Canyon University men's basketball team.