ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, April 19, 1996 TAG: 9604190043
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B11 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS
Brook Berringer, the backup quarterback who helped Nebraska win the 1994 national title, was killed Thursday when the small plane he was piloting crashed in an alfalfa field.
Plane owner Harry Barr said the other person killed in the two-seater was Toby Lake, the brother of Berringer's girlfriend.
Berringer, 22, who was expected to be selected in the NFL draft this weekend, held a pilot's license and often flew the plane, including earlier this week, Barr said.
The 50-year-old plane struggled to a height of 250 feet before crashing on a farm near this east-central Nebraska village minutes after takeoff from a grass airstrip.
Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner said the bodies were removed from the crash site about 6:25 p.m. and were taken to a Lincoln hospital. The sheriff said dental records would be used to officially identify the charred bodies.
Berringer was 7-0 as a starter during the 1994 season when Tommie Frazier was sidelined with blood clots. He played sparingly behind Frazier last season, when Nebraska won its second consecutive national title with a 62-24 rout of Florida in the Fiesta Bowl.
ETC. Morris faces July 15 drug trial
A July 15 trial date has been set for the Pittsburgh Steelers' Bam Morris, who pleaded innocent in Rockwall, Texas, to two drug possession charges stemming from his arrest during a traffic stop.
Morris entered a written plea during a brief hearing before state District Judge Bill Lofland. Morris, the leading rusher in Pittsburgh's Super Bowl loss to Dallas, is free on $50,000 bond following his March 22 arrest.
A North Carolina State basketball player fell, then became ill while participating in a conditioning workout, the first under new coach Herb Sendek.
Marco Harrison, a 6-foot-9 freshman from Petersburg, fell about 20 minutes into the morning conditioning workout. He then became dizzy and sick and was unable to complete the workout, school officials said.
Harrison, a former Roanoke Times state prep player of the year, was taken to Rex Hospital in Raleigh, N.C., where he was listed in stable condition while undergoing tests to determine the cause of his illness.
``Marco's situation is not life-threatening,'' said Dr. John Rubino, the attending physician.
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