Posted on 11/04/2021 2:42:49 AM PDT by zeestephen
Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was driving 156 mph seconds before he slammed his Corvette into the back of a Toyota SUV in Las Vegas early Tuesday morning, killing the driver...Prosecutors also said they found a loaded handgun on the floor of Ruggs' Corvette...The former first-round pick, considered a rising star in the league, was leading the team in receiving yards and tied for the lead in receiving touchdowns.
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The Las Vegas Raiders cut Ruggs from the team less than 12 hours after the accident.
Moron, any modern car essentially has a black box on board. Even my lowly Elantra GT Sport has one.
The woman is the perp’s vehicle is the mother of his baby daughter.
Thank God their child wasn’t in the car with them.
Something similar happened around here a while back. An idiot with a modded Mustang rear ended another vehicle and killed a litle girl and put her grandmother in a wheelchair for the rest of her life. He is white, wasn’t drunk, and didn’t have a gun with him.
He spent several years in jail.
This NFL (National Felons League) member of a protected ethnic group will never do time.
The victim’s vehicle was totally engulfed in flames. Video - be warned before viewing.
Better link
https://nypost.com/2021/11/02/video-deadly-henry-ruggs-car-crash-left-suv-ablaze/
Re: Victim is mother of his baby daughter
I had no idea.
Crazy.
About 20 years ago, a NFL wide receiver with the Charlotte team paid some low life to murder a stripper who was pregnant with his child.
Considering he was in a Vette, I’m surprised he survived.....
What a stupid comment. What or who exactly is going to protect him? The NFL has cut him loose. He will definitely do time.
Both the baby’s parents were out in the middle of the night, at least one of them six sheets to the wind, and the other dumb enough to allow the drunk to drive.
Dad will be up the river for years. No word on mom’s condition. Or if she has means to support herself now that he will be making license plates.
I wonder who was caring for their child.
And how the heck the fact that they had a baby at home they needed to be there for could mean so damn little to them.
It’ll be interesting to see who pays for the perp’s lawyer...
The NFL can surely pick 'em.
The victim was not Ruggs’ baby mama. The baby mama was in the car with Ruggs when their car hit the victim’s car. Three people, at least, were involved in the accident.
I thought the passenger in the Corvette was male.
He/She had one of those gender-less unique Black names that keep you guessing.
At 156 mph he was probably still the fastest player in the NFL before he was cut. :-P
I thought there was no speed limit in Nevada.
Ruggs will plead Not Guilty, based on Pass Interference?
Want to bet...there is no probation with his charges...2 to 20.
He’s paying for his own lawyer. Who do you think is going to pay?
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