Report: Jackson crash not caused by drag racing
By Dan Viens
Sep 20, 2015; Green Bay, WI, USA; Seattle Seahawks running back Fred Jackson (22) goes in for 5-yard touchdown catch as Green Bay Packers cornerback Casey Hayward (29) defends during the second half at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Ray Carlin-USA TODAY Sports
The moral of this story may just be to always take what TMZ reports with a grain of salt.
When Seattle Seahawks running back Fred Jackson rammed his car into a sign pole this afternoon, tmz.com reported that witnesses saw Jackson drag racing with Marshawn Lynch just outside the Seahawks practice facility, and that caused the crash.
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Here is what the accident scene looked like.
This is what appears to be Fred Jackson's car. With a stop sign implanted into the nose. pic.twitter.com/b8a87aMEEV
— Curtis Crabtree (@Curtis_Crabtree) October 21, 2015
Jackson reportedly did not sustain any injuries, but if indeed that had been the cause of the crash, it would have had potentially massive implications for Lynch and the Seahawks. In fact, I spelled out the potential impact of this scenario in my initial story after the accident became public knowledge.
Now, it appears, that there may have been no racing involved, and that this was simply an unfortunate one car accident.
Another source has just reiterated to me there was no "drag racing" to speak of regarding this Fred Jackson situation
— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) October 21, 2015
Jackson pulled out of the team facility a little fast - not uncommon - and there is a very tight turn he misjudged. That's it...
— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) October 21, 2015
Jackson pulled out of the team facility a little fast - not uncommon - and there is a very tight turn he misjudged. That's it...
— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) October 21, 2015
Other players were around as they too were leaving the facility - Lynch among them - but this happened right there and was not drag racing..
— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) October 21, 2015
I’m curious to know what was going through the mind of the “witnesses” who were on the scene if indeed LaCanfora’s reports are accurate. As a writer, one with a journalism degree and a professional reporting background, I can understand how easy it is to rush to judgement in this age of who-can-post-it-first, and in fact that may be the case here.
But as a Seahawk fan, I’m ecstatic that this may all end up being much ado about nothing.
Still….. stay tuned.
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