22-year old sister of Boston Celtics star Isaiah Thomas killed in one-car accident
Thomas should play in Game 1 against the Bulls today
Chyna Thomas, the 22-year-old sister of Celtics All-Star Isaiah Thomas, died in a one-car collision early Saturday in Thomas’s home state of Washington.
Chyna Thomas had been driving a 1998 Toyota Camry at 5am on southbound Interstate 5 with no apparent sign of trouble when the car began to drift onto the left shoulder, State Patrol spokesman Trooper Nick King told The News Tribune. The car vaulted a Jersey barrier and crashed into a large metal signpost. Thomas, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene of the accident.
"We are terribly saddened by the tragic loss of Chyna Thomas," read a statement from the Celtics on Saturday night. "The thoughts and prayers of the entire Celtics organization are with Isaiah and his family."
Chyna Thomas was the daughter of Isaiah Thomas’s father, James, and stepmother, Lanita, according to the Boston Globe. When Isaiah Thomas was a teenager, he and Chyna would accompany their father early in the morning on Saturdays to work in a mission in downtown Tacoma, the city where Thomas was born and raised.
On the eve of their opening playoff game here against the Chicago Bulls, Thomas practiced with the Celtics before learning of the accident. He was planning to remain in Boston for the game Sunday, a source close to his family told The Globe.
Chyna Thomas had been driving a 1998 Toyota Camry at 5am on southbound Interstate 5 with no apparent sign of trouble when the car began to drift onto the left shoulder, State Patrol spokesman Trooper Nick King told The News Tribune. The car vaulted a Jersey barrier and crashed into a large metal signpost. Thomas, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene of the accident.
"We are terribly saddened by the tragic loss of Chyna Thomas," read a statement from the Celtics on Saturday night. "The thoughts and prayers of the entire Celtics organization are with Isaiah and his family."
Chyna Thomas was the daughter of Isaiah Thomas’s father, James, and stepmother, Lanita, according to the Boston Globe. When Isaiah Thomas was a teenager, he and Chyna would accompany their father early in the morning on Saturdays to work in a mission in downtown Tacoma, the city where Thomas was born and raised.
On the eve of their opening playoff game here against the Chicago Bulls, Thomas practiced with the Celtics before learning of the accident. He was planning to remain in Boston for the game Sunday, a source close to his family told The Globe.
E. Carchia
@Sportando
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