Rod Bramblett, the radio voice of the Auburn Tigers, and his wife, Paula, died from injuries suffered in a car accident Saturday night in Alabama, the Lee County Coroner's Office confirmed early Sunday morning.
Paramedics responded to a two-car crash in Auburn shortly after 6 p.m. local time Saturday. Rod Bramblett, 53, was airlifted to UAB Hospital in Birmingham, where he later died of a severe closed head injury, the coroner's office said. Paula Bramblet, 52, died of multiple internal injuries in the emergency room of East Alabama Medical Center.
The name of the 16-year-old driver has not been released, and an investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing.