Buccaneers defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul is recovering from a neck injury suffered in a one-car accident earlier this month, but in new audio obtained, Pierre-Paul told dispatchers he was fine.
According to Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times, the 911 call and police report from Pierre-Paul detailed how he lost control of his red Ferrari and hit a wall on Interstate 95 on May 2.
“Hey, I’m on the middle of the highway and I’m by the Fort Lauderdale airport, International Boulevard by the sign Davie Boulevard, and my car just did a 360 in the middle of the road and I’m headed south. I mean north,” Pierre-Paul, a native of nearby Deerfield Beach, said in the 911 call obtained by slaterscoops.com.
Pierre-Paul was asked if his car struck anything.
“Yeah, I hit the median, but I’m okay,” he said. “It’s right in the middle. It has to be moved or a cop has to come, or somebody is going to hit it.”
The police report filed on the incident said he “lost control” and “ran off the roadway to the left. As a result, the vehicle started to rotate and the right side collided with a concrete barrier.”
Pierre-Paul and his passenger were taken to a nearby hospital, but the report said he was “apparently normal” at the time of the crash.
Since then, concerns have arisen about his condition, and whether he’d need surgery which could keep him out as much as five to six months.
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