NFL AROUND THE LEAGUE : Patriot Player Faces Charges
Tight end Rod Rutledge of the New England Patriots faces criminal charges of leaving the scene of an accident, operating to endanger and speeding after an early morning crash Friday on Interstate 95 near Attleboro, Mass., police said.
Rutledge, 24, suffered minor injuries in the accident that occurred around 12:30 a.m., state police spokesman Lt. Paul Maloney said.
Rutledge was driving in the center lane of I-95 northbound when he attempted to pass a car on the right while speeding, police said. He lost control of his car, skidded off the highway and crashed into two tractor-trailers parked in a rest area, Maloney said. The trucks’ drivers were sleeping at the time and were not injured.
After the accident, a second car apparently traveling with Rutledge pulled into the rest area, picked up Rutledge and left the scene, Maloney said. The Patriots identified the driver of the second car as Ben Coates, also a Patriot tight end.
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Pro Bowl defensive end Michael McCrary of the Baltimore Ravens signed a five-year contract extension that will keep him with the team through 2004.
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