BASEBALL : DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES : Boggs ‘Glad to Be Alive’ After Accident

Five-time American League batting champion Wade Boggs escaped serious injury Saturday night at Winter Haven, Fla., when he fell out of a pickup truck being driven by his wife, Debbie.

Boggs, whose mother was killed in a traffic accident in 1986, suffered only cuts and bruises.

“I’m just glad to be alive,” Boggs said.

Boggs said the truck was going about 25 m.p.h. when the incident occurred.