Star Pole Vaulting Star Dead At 18

LSU pole vaulting star Dillon Reidenauer died tragically in a car crash on Wednesday.

Reidenauer, 18, was driving in her car when she was t-boned by a motorcycle driven by 23-year-old Bodhi Linton.

Linton also died in the crash.

LSU track and field coach Dennis Shaver, shared, “We are devastated by the tragic passing of Dillon Reidenauer, who was taken from us much too soon.”

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— TMZ (@TMZ) February 28, 2025

It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of freshman Dillon Reidenauer.https://t.co/v91iiE6ig1 pic.twitter.com/A7XVEr89lZ

— LSU Track & Field (@LSUTrackField) February 27, 2025

Here’s what The New York Post reported:

LSU freshman pole vaulter Dillon Reidenauer and one other person died in a fiery car crash Wednesday near Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La., according to multiple reports.

Reidenauer, 18, was in a car that was T-boned by a motorcycle being driven by 23-year-old Bodhi Linton, and both vehicles erupted into flames, per wbrz.com.

Linton also died in the accident.

“We are devastated by the tragic passing of Dillon Reidenauer, who was taken from us much too soon,” LSU track and field coach Dennis Shaver said in a statement posted Thursday to the school’s website. “Everyone in our LSU Track & Field family is keeping Dillon’s loved ones in our thoughts and prayers, as well as those of the other individual lost in the incident.

“We will do everything we can to make sure our student-athletes and staff have the resources they need to process the grief of this terrible loss. I would also like to thank Texas A&M for offering their support and compassion as we are on the road at College Station for the SEC Championships.”

Dillon Reidenauer, an LSU freshman pole vaulter from Abita Springs, LA — was one of the two people killed in a tragic on-campus crash along Nicholson Drive on Wednesday night.

Thoughts and prayers for the Reidenauer family 🙏

Via- @WBRZ pic.twitter.com/tkANN22KoN

— Boot Krewe Media (@BootKreweMedia) February 27, 2025

Per WBRZ:

Two people, including an LSU pole vaulter, were killed in a fiery wreck on LSU’s campus near Tiger Stadium.

Pole vaulter Dillon Reidenauer, an 18-year-old freshman from Abita Springs, was in a car struck by motorcyclist Bodhi Linton of Prairieville on Wednesday night. Both died at the scene.

The crash happened when the motorcycle, traveling north on Nicholson Drive, T-boned the car as it turned left onto South Quad Drive. Both vehicles immediately burst into flames.

Linton’s mother, Juanita Z. Linton, 61, died in a motorcycle crash on Interstate 10 near Siegen Lane in May.