After several hours on life support at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth, UNT wide receiver Joshua Rake, 20, was declared deceased at 4:50 p.m. today by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office, according to TCME investigator Rob Corley.
Corley said the report he received from Texas Health lists preliminary cause of death as head trauma and spinal fracture as the result of a car accident. The ME's office has not completed its pathologist report to make an official cause-of-death ruling.
Rake, who walked on to UNT's football team in late August and was on the scout team, lost control of his vehicle on Interstate 35W on Thursday evening. He is a 2009 graduate of Southlake Carroll High School.
UNT head coach Todd Dodge will release a statement later tonight through the athletic department.
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