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Ex-Michigan men's soccer player Carter Payne, 21, killed in hit-and-run in Georgia

The Detroit News

Carter Payne, a former member of the University of Michigan men’s soccer team, was killed in a hit-and-run and pronounced dead, according to a statement by his current soccer club Tormenta FC.

A Phoenix, Arizona native, Payne, 21, played at the Barcelona Residency Academy in Casa Grande, Arizona, before arriving in Ann Arbor to play for the Wolverines in 2019 as a defenseman for two seasons.

His current club Tormenta FC, whose League Two roster he was part of this season, confirmed in a statement he had died from injuries sustained when he was driving an electric scooter and hit by a vehicle.