Missouri football defensive lineman Harold Brantley was seriously injured in a car crash Sunday when his car swerved off the highway and overturned just south of Columbia, Mo. Missouri women’s basketball player Maddie Stock also was in the car. She was treated for minor injuries.
Both were taken from the scene by ambulance. Neither student-athlete was wearing a seatbelt.
Here’s an update from late Sunday night, according to a University of Missouri athletics spokesperson, Brantley’s injuries are not life threatening.
He is still being treated at University Hospital, as of Monday morning.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol accident report, Brantley was the driver of a 2000 Chrysler Concorde when it traveled off the left side of the highway. Brantley overcorrected, the car then slid off the right side of the highway, hit a guardrail and overturned.
Brantley played in 14 games last season and had five sacks and seven tackles for loss.
Stock was a reserve on Robin Pingeton’s basketball squad in all 33 games, She averaged 3.9 points and 1.8 rebounds per game.