2010-09-08 / News

West Texas football player killed in accident

CANYON, Texas (AP) - West Texas A&M says one of its football player has died in a traffic accident.

The university said Saturday that Kendrick Cutsinger, a junior tight end, was killed Friday afternoon. Another student, Julio Rada-Moya, a Venezuelan, was critically injured. Rada-Moya was on the 2009 soccer team.

The accident occurred in Llano County, in Central Texas.

Authorities reported that Cutsinger was driving along a two-lane highway toward Austin when he overcorrected on a big left-hand curve. Cutsinger's truck rolled, and both passengers were thrown from the vehicle. Neither was wearing a seat belt.

Cutsinger died at the scene, and Rada-Moya was taken to a hospital in Austin in critical condition.

Cutsinger was from Austin and attended Westlake High.

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