The South Florida Sun-Sentinel is reporting that a pickup truck belonging to Dolphins’ receiver Brian Hartline was found abandoned at 4:30 a.m. on July 3. The report states that the vehicle ran off the road and hit a parked 2002 Cadillac Escalade, which was also abandoned.

“His vehicle ran off road and hit the parked car,” said FHP Sgt. Mark Wysocky. “We don’t know who was driving the vehicle.”

According to an FHP report, a trooper went to Hartline’s home in Fort Lauderdale after the crash and spoke with a guest who was staying there. The woman at the home told the trooper to contact Hartline’s wife, who was in California. When troopers left a message with her, a call was returned by Hartline’s attorney, who told authorities that Brian Hartline was not injured.

The report states that troopers have not heard from Hartline regarding the crash.

Hartline could not be reached for comment Tuesday, despite a telephone message left at his home.

Wysocky could not say what was found inside of the truck. No one has been cited in the crash.

Bizarre. The good news is that nobody appears to have been hurt in the crash, although Hartline could be in trouble if he was driving the vehicle. (Especially if there was alcohol involved.)

There aren’t enough details to speculate any further then that, however, so we’ll just have to wait and see what authorities dig up.

According to a report by the Miami Herald, former Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress wants to play for the Dolphins.

Former Giants receiver Plaxico Burress, who has a residence in Miami, has told people he would love to join the Dolphins if his legal problems are resolved. The Jets and Buccaneers are reportedly interested. Burress will appear in court next month and faces the possibility of a 3 ½ year sentence for carrying an unlicensed firearm.

This was in the paper’s “Chatter” section, so it should probably be taken with a grain of salt. That said, I don’t see Bill Parcells taking a shot on a player like Burress after going toe to toe with T.O. in Dallas a couple years ago. Parcells wants to win just as much as anyone, but he’s too smart to take on a headache like Plax.

Miami certainly isn’t stacked at receiver, but they’re not in horrible shape, either. Even though he hasn’t set the league ablaze yet, nobody is ready to give up on former top 10 pick Ted Ginn Jr. and the team is really high on Greg Camarillo, who they feel can be the next Wes Welker. The Fins also drafted receivers Patrick Turner and Brian Hartline in the mid rounds of last April’s draft, so they’ll be more inclined to let those young wideouts develop than to sign a possible distraction in Burress.