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Wisconsin coach now walking, son released from hospital after wrong-way driver crash on M-14

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ANN ARBOR — The Wisconsin men's basketball team posted to Twitter an update on the assistant coach who was involved in a wrong-way driver crash on M-14 in Superior Township over the weekend. The coach's wife and daughter both died in crash.

Assistant Basketball Coach Howard Moore was in a vehicle with his wife, daughter, son and their family dog when a 23-year-old woman entered the wrong-way onto the road, causing a head-on collision with Moore's family and another vehicle.

The wrong-way driver died. The driver of the third vehicle sustained minor injuries.

Howard Moore and his son, Jerell, were hospitalized after the crash. Howard is now up and walking at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, and his son has been released to other family members.

Howard's 9-year-old daughter, Jaidyn, was killed in the crash. His wife, 46-year-old Jennifer Moore, died later at a local hospital.