Students and staff with the Nodaway Valley School District are filled with mixed emotions today. School District Superintendent Dr. Casey Berlau said they received word as the Nodaway Valley Baseball team was winning the right to attend the State Baseball Tournament, a student died in an out-of-state motorcycle accident

Zoey Van Eaton.
Photo courtesy Nodaway Valley School District.

The student was identified as Zoey Van Eaton, who would have been a senior at Nodaway Valley this fall. According to WKRN-TV in Nashville the teen was a passenger on a motorcyle that collided with a car in West Nashville around 7-p.m., Wednesday night. Van Eaton and the driver of the motorcycle were both taken by ambulance to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center where Zoey died from her injuries.

Berlau said they will have grief counselors available at the Nodaway Valley High School from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. today (Thursday).

He asks people to keep the Van Eaton family in their prayers. Additional details about the accident are currently not available.