Saturday Funeral for EIU Coach Killed in SUV Crash

A Saturday memorial service has been planned for an Eastern Illinois University football coach killed in a traffic accident, while his wife and one of his children remain hospitalized.

University officials say the service for assistant coach Jeff Hoover will be held in the student union at 2:30 Saturday afternoon.

Hoover died Saturday night while he, another coach and their families drove back from a football game in Carbondale. Officials say the vehicle they were in swerved to avoid a deer and rolled over.

The university says Hoover's wife, Penny, and one of their two children are in fair condition at Urbana's Carle Foundation Hospital. The Hoovers' other child and three other people in the vehicle are all out of the hospital.