A woman who survived the fatal car crash that killed a Georgia football player and a recruiting staff member Jan. 15 has filed a lawsuit against former Bulldogs defensive lineman Jalen Carter and the University of Georgia Athletic Association, per ESPN’s Mark Schlabach.
Victoria Bowles, a former recruiting analyst for the school, alleged that the athletic association was negligent when it allowed recruiting staffer Chandler LeCroy to keep the university-leased SUV the evening of the team’s national championship celebration in Athens, Ga. LeCroy was driving the car that police say was racing against another car driven by Carter, while offensive lineman Devin Willock was one of LeCroy’s passengers. The wreck killed both LeCroy and Willock and injured two other passengers.
Bowles’s accusations contradict the university’s statement that read, “rental vehicles were to be turned in at the immediate conclusion of recruiting duties.”
