Fleming, 24, was driving a 2024 Yamaha ATV with his girlfriend, 23-year-old Alyssa Boyd, in the passenger seat in Columbia Township, Pa., on Friday, May 23, when a deer jumped out into the roadway around 8:13 p.m. local time, according to an official crash report.

The former Ohio State and Penn State wide receiver was seriously injured and his female passenger was killed in a freak ATV accident on Friday night.

Fleming, the former Penn State and Ohio State receiver, was involved in a fatal accident when the ATV he was driving struck a deer, police said.