Deputies responded to the deadly, single-vehicle crash along Orchard Road just before 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

All five of the vehicle's occupants suffered injuries, deputies said, but the injuries sustained by a 14-year-old passenger were "critical."

The boy, whom officials identified as Reitz High School freshman Alexander Hessler, was pronounced dead after being transported to Deaconess Midtown Hospital.

EVANSVILLE — The Vanderburgh County Coroner's Office on Monday publicly confirmed the tragic news already known to many in Evansville's athletic community: That the victim of Sunday's deadly single-vehicle crash was 14-year-old Alexander Hessler, a Reitz High School freshman football player.

According to Chief Deputy Coroner Amy Miller, Hessler was pronounced dead at Deaconess Midtown Hosp

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