Mason Alexander, an 18-year-old cornerback at the University of Pittsburgh, died in a car crash in Indiana 1. Authorities said he was a passenger in a car that veered off the road and hit a tree after the driver attempted to pass another vehicle.

He was identified as Mason Alexander. Alexander was the passenger in a car that attempted to pass another vehicle just before the top of a hill when another vehicle came the oppos

University of Pittsburgh football player Mason Alexander -- who just joined the Panthers' team in January -- has tragically died at 18 years old.