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.