RIP DJ Hayden

[Ocotillo]

Horrible news: Former NFL cornerback and #Raiders 1st round pick, CB D.J. Hayden killed in collision near downtown Houston, per @Joseph_Duarte

Hayden was among six people killed when a car sped through a red light on Fannin Street near the Gulf Freeway around 2 a.m., according… pic.twitter.com/YakK0GtLBu

— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) November 11, 2023

[FlaChief58]

Was he a rapper?

[MarkDavis'Haircut]

Originally Posted by FlaChief58

Was he a rapper?

No.

Otherwise, I would have started the thread.

[smithandrew051]

Didn’t he have some sort of heart condition?

I think I remember that being a story around him being drafted.

[staylor26]

Didn't he have a near death incident before?

Edit: yes he did

Hayden made national news in 2012 when he suffered a near-fatal hit to the main vein leading to the heart in a freak practice accident.

[Jewish Rabbi]

Originally Posted by staylor26

Didn't he have a near death incident before?

Edit: yes he did

Isn’t the main vein the penis?

[rfaulk34]

Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi

Isn’t the main vein the penis?

Don't you feel near death whenever you get knocked in the junk?

[Jewish Rabbi]

Originally Posted by rfaulk34

Don't you feel near death whenever you get knocked in the junk?

I try to actively avoid being kicked in the junk.

[rfaulk34]

Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi

I try to actively avoid being kicked in the junk.

Remind me to never take you to a party.

[Rain Man]

This is why I don't go to Houston.

[ChiliConCarnage]

6 people killed in a single car accident

ah, missed 2 a.m. the first read. Maybe some people weren't buckled in

[Hydrae]

Originally Posted by ChiliConCarnage

6 people killed in a single car accident

ah, missed 2 a.m. the first read. Maybe some people weren't buckled in

Sounds to me more like a car blew through a red and took out some pedestrians.

Edit: Nope, I was wrong. A Chrysler 300 blew a red light and t-boned an Acura SUV. 4 dead on scene, 4 taken to the hospital with 2 of those not making it.

I was in downtown Houston last weekend with the wife, just a few blocks from Fannin. There were certainly a number of sounds of cars racing at times so I am not overly surprised this happened. Good foot patrol coverage in the park area but obviously some issues on the roads themselves.

[WhawhaWhat]

Our entire community is heartbroken over the tragic passing of former Football student-athletes D.J. Hayden, Zachary McMillian and Ralph Oragwu earlier today, and our thoughts and prayers remain with Jeffery Lewis in his recovery ahead.

Statement: https://t.co/Fy83ref2Uw pic.twitter.com/vIkEamxJfB

— Houston Football (@UHCougarFB) November 11, 2023

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Originally Posted by Hydrae

Sounds to me more like a car blew through a red and took out some pedestrians.

Edit: Nope, I was wrong. A Chrysler 300 blew a red light and t-boned an Acura SUV. 4 dead on scene, 4 taken to the hospital with 2 of those not making it.

I was in downtown Houston last weekend with the wife, just a few blocks from Fannin. There were certainly a number of sounds of cars racing at times so I am not overly surprised this happened. Good foot patrol coverage in the park area but obviously some issues on the roads themselves.

Yep, Drunk Chick blew a red light at a high rate of speed and smoke Hayden and his friends. The wreck also killed a homeless dude not in the cars.

[Eureka]

Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief

Yep, Drunk Chick blew a red light at a high rate of speed and smoke Hayden and his friends. The wreck also killed a homeless dude not in the cars.

It seems like in todays society people know not to drink and drive. Let alone speed and blow through stop lights while drunk.

Doesn't make sense how people can choose that option. Did the driver (drunk chick) survive? That always seems to be the case in these types of accidents.