Former Chargers safety Kiel thrown from car, dies

[DolfanDaveInMI]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3474312

SAN DIEGO -- Former San Diego Chargers safety Terrence Kiel was killed after he was thrown from a sedan he was driving, police said Saturday.

Kiel, 27, was driving alone after leaving a party at about 10:15 p.m. PT Friday night when he hit a wall in San Diego's upscale Scripps Ranch neighborhood and was thrown from the car, police Sgt. Alan Hayward said.

Kiel was barely breathing when paramedics reached him and he died about an hour later, Hayward said.


Friends had tried to keep Kiel from driving home from the party, Hayward said, and witnesses told police he appeared to be driving in the wrong direction when he crashed.


Police would not know whether Kiel had been under the influence of drugs or alcohol until toxicology tests were performed, Hayward said.

 

[3Ply Stagliano]

It's always very sad to hear about anyone dying in such circumstances. If he was in an unfit state to drive, the only hope with this is other people might learn from it and, in the long run, it saves other lives.

 

[misterx]

rip Mr Kiel

 

[fatkirstyalley]

That sucks.