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# Former UCLA football standout killed in Palisades Park crash
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/111806-story/
- Published: 2006-11-18T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-25T01:16:16.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Crime, Pacific Palisades, #archive-import

Fabian Lewkowicz GRIM DISCOVERY: Former UCLA football standout Marcus Cassel was killed Friday morning when the sport utility vehicle he was driving slammed into a tree in Palisades Park. Emergency responders needed to use the Jaws of Life to remove the 23-year-old from the wreckage. Cassel began the current NFL season as a member of the Carolina Panthers before being injured.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 18, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/111806.pdf?ref=smdp.com)