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CARLSBAD, Calif. — Police say former NFL starlet linebacker Junior Seau told investigators he fell asleep before driving off a seaside cliff in the San Diego area.
Carlsbad police told the Los Angeles Times in a statement Monday night that “it is believed that Seau fell asleep at the wheel.”
Police Lt. Kelly Cain told the North County Times newspaper that the lack of skid marks leading up to where Seau plunged off the cliff in his white Cadillac SUV was consistent with the idea that he fell asleep.
Seau’s SUV landed close to the beach in Carlsbad on Monday morning, hours after the former All-Pro was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence.
He was hospitalized but escaped major injury.
Seau was arrested on a charge of felony spousal onslaught with injury, Oceanside police reported in a statement. He was booked into the San Diego County Jail in Vista early Monday morning and posted bail after three a.m. PT and was released, the see commander told ESPNLosAngeles.com.
Carlsbad police later responded to a nine hundred eleven call of a single vehicle off the road and dispatched police and fire personnel. Cain said that Seau’s SUV was found on the beach about one hundred feet below the roadside. Cain said it wasn’t a sheer cliff but was a significant, rough slope.
Seau, 41, was the only person in the vehicle and was transported to Scripps La Jolla Hospital. Police said Seau was conscious and remains hospitalized with minor injuries, including cuts and scars. Seau’s attorney, Mike Kinkler, told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter that Seau is also being treated for a concussion.
“At this point we think he’s fine, but we indeed don’t have any comment,” said Richard Doan, who answered the cell phone of Bette Hoffman, who works for Seau’s foundation. “There are no injuries, but he seems to be a little shaken up.”
Hospital spokeswoman Lisa Ohmstede declined to comment on Seau’s condition, and it was unclear whether he remained hospitalized Monday night.
An investigation into the accident is ongoing, but Carlsbad police dispatcher Matthew Pinell said late Monday alcohol and drugs are not suspected to be factors in the crash “at this time.”
Junior Seau’s SUV left tire marks as it went off a cliff and down a steep slope, landing near the beach in Carlsbad, Calif., about one hundred feet below the roadside. ESPN.com
Seau was arrested around midnight PT after a report was called in around ten p.m. The victim was his 25-year-old live-in gf, according to Oceanside police. She told police that Seau assaulted her during a spoken argument. Police said she appeared to have minor injuries and did not require medical attention.
Seau was not at the residence when police arrived. He later spoke with police by phone and agreed to comeback to his home. He was arrested without incident when he approached the residence, police said in the statement.
Kinkler said that his client’s arrest and car accident were two “totally unrelated events.”
“One had nothing to do with the other,” Kinkler said Monday afternoon. “It’s unfortunate the two events happened so close together, but what people are reporting is totally untrue.”
Kinkler said Seau was going to meet his assistant, Hoffman, for coffee at about nine a.m. PT, when his car slipped off the road near the corner of the one hundred one highway and Palomar Airport Road. Kinkler said the accident was because of the rain San Diego has been experiencing the past duo days, not any intentional activity on Seau’s part.
“This is not what people have said, not even close,” Kinkler said.
Seau was a starlet linebacker at USC before being drafted by the San Diego Chargers as the fifth pick overall in 1990. He led the Chargers to the Super Cup following the one thousand nine hundred ninety four season and remained in San Diego until being traded to the Miami Dolphins in 2003.
He left football shortly in August two thousand six after thirteen seasons with San Diego and three with Miami. He signed with the Fresh England Patriots four days later and began fourteen of the twenty seven games he played for them over two seasons. He retired after the two thousand seven season, then came out of retirement for the final four games in two thousand eight before again retiring after that season. Seau played seven regular-season games in 2009, all as a backup, and made fifteen tackles.
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Police: Junior Seau asleep at wheel
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Police say former NFL starlet linebacker Junior Seau told investigators he fell asleep before driving off a seaside cliff in the San Diego area.
Carlsbad police told the Los Angeles Times in a statement Monday night that “it is believed that Seau fell asleep at the wheel.”
Police Lt. Kelly Cain told the North County Times newspaper that the lack of skid marks leading up to where Seau plunged off the cliff in his white Cadillac SUV was consistent with the idea that he fell asleep.
Seau’s SUV landed close to the beach in Carlsbad on Monday morning, hours after the former All-Pro was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence.
He was hospitalized but escaped major injury.
Seau was arrested on a charge of felony spousal onslaught with injury, Oceanside police reported in a statement. He was booked into the San Diego County Jail in Vista early Monday morning and posted bail after three a.m. PT and was released, the see commander told ESPNLosAngeles.com.
Carlsbad police later responded to a nine hundred eleven call of a single vehicle off the road and dispatched police and fire personnel. Cain said that Seau’s SUV was found on the beach about one hundred feet below the roadside. Cain said it wasn’t a sheer cliff but was a significant, rough slope.
Seau, 41, was the only person in the vehicle and was transported to Scripps La Jolla Hospital. Police said Seau was conscious and remains hospitalized with minor injuries, including cuts and welts. Seau’s attorney, Mike Kinkler, told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter that Seau is also being treated for a concussion.
“At this point we think he’s fine, but we indeed don’t have any comment,” said Richard Doan, who answered the cell phone of Bette Hoffman, who works for Seau’s foundation. “There are no injuries, but he seems to be a little shaken up.”
Hospital spokeswoman Lisa Ohmstede declined to comment on Seau’s condition, and it was unclear whether he remained hospitalized Monday night.
An investigation into the accident is ongoing, but Carlsbad police dispatcher Matthew Pinell said late Monday alcohol and drugs are not suspected to be factors in the crash “at this time.”
Junior Seau’s SUV left tire marks as it went off a cliff and down a steep slope, landing near the beach in Carlsbad, Calif., about one hundred feet below the roadside. ESPN.com
Seau was arrested around midnight PT after a report was called in around ten p.m. The victim was his 25-year-old live-in gf, according to Oceanside police. She told police that Seau assaulted her during a wordy argument. Police said she appeared to have minor injuries and did not require medical attention.
Seau was not at the residence when police arrived. He later spoke with police by phone and agreed to comeback to his home. He was arrested without incident when he approached the residence, police said in the statement.
Kinkler said that his client’s arrest and car accident were two “totally unrelated events.”
“One had nothing to do with the other,” Kinkler said Monday afternoon. “It’s unfortunate the two events happened so close together, but what people are reporting is entirely untrue.”
Kinkler said Seau was going to meet his assistant, Hoffman, for coffee at about nine a.m. PT, when his car glided off the road near the corner of the one hundred one highway and Palomar Airport Road. Kinkler said the accident was because of the rain San Diego has been experiencing the past duo days, not any intentional activity on Seau’s part.
“This is not what people have said, not even close,” Kinkler said.
Seau was a starlet linebacker at USC before being drafted by the San Diego Chargers as the fifth pick overall in 1990. He led the Chargers to the Super Cup following the one thousand nine hundred ninety four season and remained in San Diego until being traded to the Miami Dolphins in 2003.
He left football shortly in August two thousand six after thirteen seasons with San Diego and three with Miami. He signed with the Fresh England Patriots four days later and began fourteen of the twenty seven games he played for them over two seasons. He retired after the two thousand seven season, then came out of retirement for the final four games in two thousand eight before again retiring after that season. Seau played seven regular-season games in 2009, all as a backup, and made fifteen tackles.
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