Junior Seau, former football star, drives off cliff after arrest for alleged domestic violence

Former USC and San Diego Chargers football star Junior Seau sustained injuries Monday morning after the car he was driving plunged off a cliff in San Diego County.

Officials told Fox 5 San Diego that Seau’s injuries were not life threatening. He’s being treated at Scripps La Jolla Hospital.

The incident occurred after he was arrested in Oceanside on suspicion of domestic violence. An Oceanside Police Department spokesman said he could not comment on the case, and that his department was not investigating the accident. The department later released the following statement detailing Seau’s arrest:

“Junior Seau was arrested for the alleged assault of his ... live-in girlfriend. The victim reportedly sustained minor injuries that did not require medical treatment. On October 17, 2010 at 10:13 p.m. police were dispatched to the Seau residence on South Strand in Oceanside to investigate the report of a domestic violence assault. The 25-year-old victim reported that Junior Seau assaulted her during a verbal argument. Seau was not at the residence when police arrived.

“Seau called the victim while police were on scene and spoke to the officers; he agreed to return to the home. Shortly after midnight Seau drove back to the scene and he was arrested without incident as he approached the residence.”

The crash occurred in Carlsbad, south of Oceanside, when the sport utility vehicle driven by Seau, who also played for the Miami Dolphins and the New England Patriots, went over a beachside cliff.

The 41-year-old had been released from a San Diego County jail facility just before the crash. Police said Seau was taken to the Vista Detention Facility, where he posted bail.