Drug tests negative for softball players who died

Authorities say final autopsy results show that three college softball players who drowned when their sport utility vehicle went into a North Dakota pond had not been drinking or using drugs.

Dickinson, N.D., police Lt. Rod Banyai said yesterday that toxicology tests came back negative for Kyrstin Gemar, 22, of San Diego; Afton Williamson, 20, of Lake Elsinore; and Ashley Neufeld, 21, of Brandon, Manitoba.

The bodies of the three Dickinson State University softball players were found Nov. 3 inside Gemar’s SUV, which was submerged in about 10 feet of water in a pond about 10 miles northwest of Dickinson.

The women were believed to have gone on a stargazing trip two nights earlier. Authorities say they probably drove straight into the water in the darkness.


