Meghan Flannery, a soccer star for the Wisconsin Badgers who was first-team all-Big 10 in 2010, was killed in a car crash this week. She was 26.
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#Badgers women's soccer: Former #Wisconsin standout Meghan Flannery killed in Missouri car crash https://t.co/MFuX4E4jdC pic.twitter.com/OCctN9RH4t
— BadgerExtra (@BadgerExtra) March 30, 2017
Wisconsin soccer's head coach, Paula Wilkins, issued this statement:
The Badger family is deeply saddened to learn the news of Meghan Flannery’s passing. Our thoughts are with her family and friends. pic.twitter.com/3jGHpMxplB
— Wisconsin Women’s Soccer (@BadgerWSoccer) March 30, 2017
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Flannery was headed the wrong way when the car she was driving crashed into a car and a pickup truck on Interstate I-55 entrance in St. Louis. The other drivers suffered injuries ranging from mild to severe, and Flannery died at the scene. Police are continuing to investigate.
Flannery played for the Badgers' soccer team from 2008-2011.
