In what can only be described as a horrific car wreck, New York Giants’ rookie Chad Jones suffered career-threatening injuries when he slammed his SUV into a streetcar pole in New Orleans early Friday morning.
WDSU 6 in New Orleans has the details:
The crash happened around 5 a.m. on Carrollton Avenue in New Orleans, in front of the Home Depot.
WDSU has learned that Jones’ most serious injuries are to his left ankle and leg. A source close to the situation describes the injury as “dire,” noting that amputation of the leg is a possibility.
The same source said Jones did not sustain any serious injuries to his upper body and that the situation was not life-threatening.
New Orleans police spokeswoman Shereese Harper said Jones was driving his 2010 Range Rover on North Carrollton, headed toward Canal Street, when he lost control and hit a streetcar pole.
Emergency crews had to cut him out of the vehicle, Harper said. Two other people in the car were not badly injured.
Jones was taken to a local hospital, where he was in critical condition and was in surgery Friday morning, Harper said.
Here’s hoping Jones makes a full recovery and he can walk again. Reports earlier in the day stated that doctors had saved his left leg, but amputation still hasn’t been ruled out. From the looks of the photos, it’s fortunate that everyone made it out without any life-threatening injuries.
Nobody currently knows how the accident happened or if Jones was being a reckless driver. It’s also unclear at this point whether or not he had been drinking before the accident, so it’s not fair to speculate if he was driving while inebriated. I’ll update this post as more information is released.
