Nicholas James Adenhart : A Baseball starting pitcher killed

Born:August 24, 1986 Death:April 9, 2009 Career:Major League Baseball starting pitcher

Adenhart was killed (after midnight on April 9, 2009) in a car accident in Fullerton,

California, hours after appearing in a major league baseball game versus the Oakland

Athletics. Police reported that Andrew Thomas Gallo driving a red Toyota Sienna minivan ran

a red light, hitting a gray Mitsubishi Eclipse in which Adenhart and tree others were

passengers. The Mitsubishi then crashed into a telephone pole. The driver of the Mitsubishi

and one passenger were pronounced dead at the scene. Adenhart and the third passenger were

taken to University of California, Irvine Medical Center, where Adenhart died as a result

of his injuries.The driver of the minivan fled the scene on foot, but was later apprehended

and booked on three counts of murder, three counts of vehicular manslaughter, felony

hit-and-run and felony driving under the influence of alcohol.