WACO — The father of San Diego Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson died Friday in a car accident that killed another man believed to be related to the athlete, authorities said.
Oliver Tomlinson, 71, of Chilton was killed in the 1:30 p.m. one-vehicle rollover, said Charlie Morgan, a Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman.
The pickup's driver, Ronald C. McClain, 48, was rushed by ambulance to Waco's Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center, where he died about 4:40 p.m., Morgan said. McClain is believed to be another relative of Tomlinson's, Morgan said.
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Wishing the family condoleces in their time of loss.