A freshman cornerback for Pittsburgh’s football team is dead after a car crash in Indiana, the team announced. Mason Alexander died in Fishers on Saturday night. He was 18.

FISHERS, Ind. (WISH) — After trying to pass another vehicle and swerving to avoid a collision, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office said a fatal car crash killed a beloved Hamilton Southeastern High School student who recently signed to play football at the University of Pittsburgh.

Mason Alexander, Pittsburgh's top-rated freshman cornerback, died in a car crash in Indiana on Sunday morning.