On August 19, 2026, a driver struck a Milligan University cycling team training on a rural highway in eastern Tennessee, killing two cyclists and injuring seven others. Driver John Benfield was charged with vehicular homicide; the deceased cyclists were identified as Brayden Rogers and Haylan Engdahl.
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Milligan University said two members of its cycling team had been killed. Five others were injured, officials said.
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.
Two Tennessee college team cyclists were killed, seven others were injured, and a driver was criminally charged after he struck team members who were training on a road Wednesday, officials said.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/752... Milligan said Brayden Rogers and Haylan Engdahl were killed in the crash Wednesday. John Benfield has been charged with vehicular homicide.