The Las Vegas Raiders launched extensive receiver Henry Ruggs III on Tuesday night time, hours after police mentioned he was concerned in a deadly DUI crash that killed a 23-year-old lady.
Ruggs, 22, will likely be charged with DUI leading to dying, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division mentioned earlier.
The athlete was allegedly behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Corvette that slammed into the again of a Toyota Rav4 at 3:39 a.m. The Toyota caught fireplace, police mentioned.
The Corvette had been touring at a excessive price of pace, police mentioned in an announcement.
The driving force of the Toyota was trapped within the car and pronounced lifeless on the scene, officers mentioned. The lady who died was not recognized within the police assertion, pending notification of subsequent of kin.
Ruggs “remained on scene and confirmed indicators of impairment,” police mentioned Tuesday.
He was in his second yr out of Alabama. In 20 video games of his younger NFL profession with the Raiders, Ruggs had caught 50 passes for 921 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Ruggs’ attorneys, David Z. Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld, in an earlier assertion, requested the general public to withhold judgment.
“On behalf of our shopper Henry Ruggs III, we’re conducting our personal investigation as of this writing and ask everybody to order judgment till all of the info are gathered,” the attorneys mentioned Tuesday.
The Clark County district lawyer’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark after enterprise hours Tuesday as to the fees Ruggs would face.
The Raiders and the Nationwide Soccer League in separate statements earlier Tuesday mentioned their ideas have been with the household and associates of the sufferer.
On-line court docket data Tuesday night time counsel Ruggs faces one rely every of DUI and reckless driving, each of that are listed as felonies. He was being held in jail with out bond Tuesday night time, in accordance with on-line jail data.
