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Posted: **Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:55 pm**

http://kstp.com/article/stories/S173381.shtml?cat=1

HOUSTON (AP) - Former Minnesota Timberwolves forward Eddie Griffin died last week when his sport utility vehicle collided with a freight train in a fiery crash, the Harris County medical examiner's office said Tuesday.

Wow. I didn't know that. That's a shock. I wonder if alacohol was involved.

Posted: **Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:55 pm**

This is a sad, sad deal.

RIP Eddie

Posted: **Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:31 am**

man you hate to see stuff like this happen.

Posted: **Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:19 am**

This is extremely sad. A young man with his whole life in front of him. RIP.

Posted: **Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:21 am**

Sounds like "suicide by train" to me. From what I hear he went around (or through) a crossing signal and into the middle of a moving freight train.

Posted: **Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:13 am**

RIP Eddie G, even though his time was short in Minnesota I think we all feel a connection to any players that have been a part of our lives.

Posted: **Thu Aug 23, 2007 1:13 pm**

John wrote:Sounds like "suicide by train" to me. From what I hear he went around (or through) a crossing signal and into the middle of a moving freight train.

that is what i was thinking as well.

RIP Eddie

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Former Timberwolves forward Eddie Griffin dies in crash

Former Timberwolves forward Eddie Griffin dies in crash

sad