Angels rookie Nick Adenhart was killed in an early morning hit-and-run accident in Fullerton on Thursday.
Adenhart 22 years old, started for Los Angeles on Wednesday night and struck out five batters over six scoreless innings in a 6-4 loss to Oakland. It was only the fourth start of his young career and first since earning the third spot in the Angels’ rotation over spring training.
The reports said that Adenhart was driving home with three others in his silver Mitsubishi when a mini-van ran through a red light and hit Adenhart’s car, causing it to crash into a light pole. A female driver and male passenger died on the scene while Adenhart was taken to the hospital where he died undergoing surgery, according to a spokesman from the UC-Irvine Medical Center. The driver of the mini-van fled the scene, but was later apprehended by police. No other members of the Angels’ organization were involved.
This is the most tragic news you can imagine in the baseball world and our thoughts go out to Adenhart’s family and the entire Angels’ organization, which was already reeling from the death of a fan who was involved in a fight on Opening Day.
