Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins was stuck on the side of a freeway, out of gas, when he was fatally hit by a dump truck earlier this month in Fort Lauderdale.
The Florida Highway Patrol on Wednesday released recordings of 911 calls made by the widow of the 24-year-old player, Kalabrya Haskins, who was in Pittsburgh at the time of the tragic accident on April 9.
According to her, the NFL athlete was forced to walk to the side of the road to get gas when he was hit by the truck while trying to cross the lanes in traffic on the freeway. 595. A second vehicle also reportedly hit him after the initial impact, said an incident report found by USA TODAY Sports.
Several witness calls were also recorded. Several people driving their cars saw the man being struck for the first time in the center lane. The driver of a Subaru Outback would then have tried everything to avoid Haskins, but he made contact with the right front wheel.
The sad event reportedly took place at 6:36 a.m. and the footballer was pronounced dead at 6:48 a.m. by Fort Lauderdale firefighters. No arrests have been made in this case.
Haskins and a few teammates, including quarterback Mitch Trubisky, were training in South Florida for the Steelers’ upcoming season.
Several tributes will be reserved for the New Jersey native during the week, including a vigil and a public celebration of the life of the deceased. He will be taken to his final resting place on Friday, after the funeral service at a church in Pittsburgh.
