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2016-01-20 21:09:05 UTC
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots reserve linebacker Darius
Fleming played in Saturday's divisional-round win over the Kansas City
Chiefs with 22 stitches in his right leg, saying it was a result of
rescuing a woman from a smoking car a mile away from Gillette Stadium two
days earlier.
Fleming, a fourth-year player out of Notre Dame, drew a large media crowd
in the locker room Wednesday as word of his story became public through
the Facebook page of his high school.
The 26-year-old Fleming said a large truck made an unexpected right turn
on Route 1 while he was driving away from Gillette Stadium, which he said
led to three cars colliding in front of his vehicle.
Law enforcement officials -- including the Foxborough Police Department,
the Wrentham Police Department, the Norfolk Police Department and the
Massachusetts State Police -- told ESPN on Wednesday that they have no
record of any such incident last Thursday on Route 1.
"I was about to go around it, but I noticed the lady in front of me, she
kind of was jumping around the car, passenger seat, back seat, and I
noticed smoke building up inside the car," Fleming recalled. "I tried to
open the doors and it wouldn't work. So then I was just like, 'I have to
get her out of here. I don't know if this lady can breathe or what.'
"I started banging on the window. It wouldn't break. So then I started to
kick in the window and eventually it broke."
Fleming said it took three kicks of the window before it broke. After
ensuring the passenger was OK, Fleming said he returned to the stadium for
a bandage before going to the hospital for X-rays and 22 stitches.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14611083/new-england-patriots-lb-darius-
fleming-says-rescued-woman-car-accident
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Massachusetts State Police -- told ESPN on Wednesday that they have no
record of any such incident last Thursday on Route 1.
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Fleming played in Saturday's divisional-round win over the Kansas City
Chiefs with 22 stitches in his right leg, saying it was a result of
rescuing a woman from a smoking car a mile away from Gillette Stadium two
days earlier.
Fleming, a fourth-year player out of Notre Dame, drew a large media crowd
in the locker room Wednesday as word of his story became public through
the Facebook page of his high school.
The 26-year-old Fleming said a large truck made an unexpected right turn
on Route 1 while he was driving away from Gillette Stadium, which he said
led to three cars colliding in front of his vehicle.
Law enforcement officials -- including the Foxborough Police Department,
the Wrentham Police Department, the Norfolk Police Department and the
Massachusetts State Police -- told ESPN on Wednesday that they have no
record of any such incident last Thursday on Route 1.
"I was about to go around it, but I noticed the lady in front of me, she
kind of was jumping around the car, passenger seat, back seat, and I
noticed smoke building up inside the car," Fleming recalled. "I tried to
open the doors and it wouldn't work. So then I was just like, 'I have to
get her out of here. I don't know if this lady can breathe or what.'
"I started banging on the window. It wouldn't break. So then I started to
kick in the window and eventually it broke."
Fleming said it took three kicks of the window before it broke. After
ensuring the passenger was OK, Fleming said he returned to the stadium for
a bandage before going to the hospital for X-rays and 22 stitches.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14611083/new-england-patriots-lb-darius-
fleming-says-rescued-woman-car-accident
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Massachusetts State Police -- told ESPN on Wednesday that they have no
record of any such incident last Thursday on Route 1.
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