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December 1, 2007
Accident kills 1 on Purdue hockey team, 7 other players injured
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A freshman member of the Purdue University Ice Hockey Club team died and seven of his teammates were injured Saturday afternoon (Dec. 1) when the van in which they were riding rolled over after sliding on ice-slickened Ind. 25, five miles north of Wingate, Ind.The accident occurred at about 3:45 p.m. as the 20 team members, two coaches and a manager were traveling to the David S. Palmer Arena in Danville, Ill., for a scheduled 5 p.m. game against Holy Cross College of South Bend, Ind.
The injured were treated Saturday night at Home Hospital in Lafayette and were released, said Purdue spokesperson Jeanne Norberg.
Head coach Cameron Estes of Danville, Ill., said three vehicles left Purdue about 3:30 p.m. for the game at Palmer Arena, where the team also practices. Those in the vehicle behind the one that crashed did not see the accident but came upon it a few minutes later, finding the van had rolled and was on its side about 10 feet from the highway.
Tippecanoe County deputy coroner J. Steve Kohne identified the dead student as Andrew T. Jackson, 18, a freshman in engineering from Chanhassen, Minn., who lives in Harrison Hall.
Jackson has played hockey "since he was a kid," said Estes, who was at the hospital with the injured players Saturday night. "He and his folks lived and breathed hockey. He was excited to be a student at Purdue."
The seven injured are:
* Grant A. Burdeau, 20, a junior in liberal arts from Schererville, Ind., who lives at 262 S. Chauncey Ave., West Lafayette. He is the team's vice president.
* Anthony J. Finnestad, 24, a junior in consumer and family sciences from Alexandria, Minn. He plays forward.
* Caitlin M. Jaslow, 18, a freshman in liberal arts from Arlington, Va., who lives in Meredith Hall. She is the team manager.
* Michael F. McCarthy, 20, a sophomore in engineering from Birmingham, Mich., who lives at 2243 U.S. 52 W. He plays defense.
* Kurt A. Radermacher, 20, a sophomore in management, from Chaska, Minn. He plays forward.
* James F. Sunderland, 21, a sophomore in education from Munster, Ind. He plays defense.
* Georgis T. Tzortzakis, 19, a sophomore in management from Park Ridge, Ill., who lives in Hilltop Apartments. He plays forward.
Jeanne Norberg, (765) 494-2096; jnorberg@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
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