A former Cape Elizabeth swimming star died after an early Sunday morning crash in North Carolina.
Keegan McKenney, 22, was a passenger in a BMW M3 traveling north on Queens Road West in Charlotte about 2:15 a.m. when it went off the road and hit a tree, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
Firefighters had to help free all the occupants from the wreckage, police said Tuesday.
McKenney succumbed to his injuries, while the other occupants, whose identities haven’t been made public, were taken to the hospital.
McKenney was a standout swimmer at Cape Elizabeth High School, where he graduated in 2022. That year he helped Cape Elizabeth win its first state title since 2015 and beat a school record set back in 1983, the Portland Press Herald reported.
He was attending Queens College in Charlotte, where McKenney continued to swim competitively, according to the Press Herald.
The crash remains under investigation.
