Vreeland, 24, had only been full-time with the station for one week and was a passenger in a vehicle with a co-worker returning from covering a high school football game.
Copier will oversee the operations of 15 radio stations in two and their diverse platforms, which include broadcast, digital, mobile, social media, and live events.
"The biggest lesson from Inside the NBA's first season on ESPN isn't that the show suddenly became less talented, less entertaining, or less insightful. It's that audiences can't engage with a show they rarely see."