There are more questions than answers surrounding the death of Steelers QB Dwayne Haskins.
The one people are most asking in the aftermath is why he was walking on a busy stretch of highway that early in the morning. The cops have stated at the moment have said they have no idea how Haskins got there and why he was walking in traffic. The common thought initially was maybe he ran out of gas or had some car trouble, but no car was found disabled near the scene.
This was confirmed also by a witness who said he saw Haskins just minutes before he was struck and killed.
Here is how he described the scene to NBC 6 in Florida.
NBC 6 South Florida spoke to a man who says he believes he saw the 24-year-old Haskins on I-595 westbound just minutes before the crash.
“I was dropping off my daughter to an airline at the Fort Lauderdale Airport in the morning,” said Chris Stanley.
Stanley said he was on the way home after leaving the airport, and heading towards the off-ramp to Interstate 95 north when he noticed vehicles veering into his lane.
“And what I noticed was a Mack truck, or a big tractor-trailer, with also another vehicle that started moving a little bit to the left,” said Stanley. “I was in the left lane and then there was the right lane. And then I noticed an individual there starting to make their way onto the road.”
Stanley said he saw the man’s arms raised up a little bit as he appeared to be drifting into the major highway.
“He was about halfway, to a quarter way in the right lane, already onto the highway and I was already concerned that somebody was going to strike him right there at that moment,” he said.
Stanley said he was so concerned that he dialed 911 and shared a screenshot of his call log with NBC 6 with a call to 911 at 6:31 a.m. — six minutes before Florida Highway Patrol officials said the crash was reported at 6:37 a.m.
“I did not see any vehicle nearby,” said Stanley. “I was more concerned with him because he was already making his way onto the road system.”
We may never know why Haskins was on that highway and that is going to be a tough pill to swallow for his loved ones.
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