Driver Kills 2 Milligan University Cycling Team Members, Officials Say

Milligan University said two members of its cycling team had been killed. The driver was charged with vehicular homicide by recklessness.

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Driver Kills 2 Milligan University Cycling Team Members, Officials Say

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Two members of the Milligan University cycling team were killed, and several more injured, in a collision with a vehicle on a rural highway in eastern Tennessee Wednesday morning.

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NYT Published 19 August 2026

Driver Kills 2 Milligan University Cycling Team Members, Officials Say

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2 members of Tennessee college cycling team killed in highway collision

Two members of the Milligan University cycling team were killed, and several more injured, in a collision with a vehicle on a rural highway in eastern Tennessee Wednesday morning.

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