# Mason Alexander, Pitt football freshman, dies in car accident

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**Date:** 1:42 p.m. ET March 2, 2025

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## ACC College Football

### Pitt football freshman Mason Alexander, 18, dies in car accident in hometown

The  football team is mourning the death of freshman cornerback,  on Saturday.

According to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, Alexander, 18, was a passenger in a 2016 BMW traveling on Florida Road in his hometown of Fishers, Indiana. The driver of the car attempted to pass another vehicle but swerved to avoid a head-on collision after entering the northbound lane. This maneuver caused the BMW to veer off the road and crash into a tree, resulting in a fire. When first responders arrived at the scene, Alexander was pronounced dead at the scene around 9 p.m. ET.

Alexander graduated early from Hamilton Southeastern High School in Indiana and enrolled at Pitt in January.

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