LSU kicker Colby Delahoussaye’s father, Dwayne, provided details of a car crash Saturday night in Waukesha County, Wisconsin that left his son injured and claimed the lives of Nebraska punter sam Foltz and former Michigan State punter Mike Sadler.
“All he remembers is that the fire was burning his leg and that woke him up,” Dwayne, who traveled to Wisconsin on Sunday to be with his son, told The Advocate. “He was knocked unconscious. The burning sensation revived him. That’s all he remembers. He doesn’t even know how he got out. He doesn’t know where he crawled out of.”
The crash left Delahoussaye with second-degree burns on his left leg, stitches to his head and bruises around his hips and chest areas. The senior, who is presumed to be LSU’s starting placekicker, is still unclear whether he’ll be available for preseason camp on Aug. 4 according to his father. He also revealted that he LSU is calling in a “burn specialist” to treat the wounds, which take 10-21 days to heal, according to medical websites.
“He’s doing well considering,” Dwayne said of his son. “He’s hurting a good bit, but Colby … he just keeps on going.”
Specifics of the crash aren’t completely known and the remains are still being investigated by the Waukesha County Sherrif’s Department. All three players were in Wisconsin for a weekend kicking camp at Wales, Wisconsin, which is located about 30 miles west of Milwaukee. The vehicle was en route to a wedding reception before the accident, Dwayne Delahoussaye confirmed.
“They were going to a little wedding reception. People were excited to see them. They knew these boys,” he said. “They were on their way there.”
Jason covers SEC football for Saturday Down South.
