CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -The University of Virginia says the father of a Cavaliers football player was among the five people killed in a plane crash in Alaska.
The school said Wednesday that tight end Colter Phillips left the team to be with his family after his father, William Phillips Sr., was killed in the crash that also claimed the life of former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens. Phillips’ brother, 13-year-old William Jr., was injured.
Investigators are still working to determine why the float plane crashed into a mountain during a fishing trip. The younger Phillips was one of four survivors of Monday’s crash.
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