Dwayne Haskins killed

[Cincyfan78]

911 audio confirms the theories... Heartbreaking

I haven't been following closely - what theories?

 

[Stakesarehigh]

911 audio confirms the theories... Heartbreaking

Yea...hard to hear his wife's reaction to "rescue". Clearly not suicide or alcohol just a guy thinking he could still make his plane while running across a freeway.

Poor choice of course but a weird situation to spike the football on "what a dumbass "

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

I haven't been following closely - what theories?

When the story broke all we really knew was the what & where (pedestrian hit by car on i-595 near i-95 around 7am), then the who & how (Haskins hit by dump truck while trying to cross highway on foot, and a vehicular homicide case was opened).

The why was all speculative theories until now. Nobody knew why he was on the highway. No rental car was confirmed in the vicinity. It was strange to most of the curious ones why info as easy to ascertain as a rental car in the vicinity wasn't being released. So of course that pushed a bunch of people to go wild with the speculation considering his history (drugs/alcohol, suicide, etc). A trucker vlogger posted a video with footage from the scene showing the dump truck being towed, and made the comment theorizing he had "ran out of gas". A lot of people ran with that theory, myself included.

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Yea...hard to hear his wife's reaction to "rescue". Clearly not suicide or alcohol just a guy thinking he could still make his plane while running across a freeway.

Poor choice of course but a weird situation to spike the football on "what a dumbass "

That really pulled at my heart. You can hear the desperation in his wife's voice. She knew something was very wrong.

 

[ducky]

It just makes zero sense to me that someone could cross a freeway and get hit by a car. You know the cars are moving at a speed that cant slow down to avoid you. So you would be ultra aware of the cars and when your window to run like hell would be.

.....and its not like a small car hidden from his view by a larger car hit him. The largest vehicle on the road hit him. There would have been no missing it.

To me something still doesnt quite add up from the prevailing theory.

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

It just makes zero sense to me that someone could cross a freeway and get hit by a car. You know the cars are moving at a speed that cant slow down to avoid you. So you would be ultra aware of the cars and when your window to run like hell would be.

.....and its not like a small car hidden from his view by a larger car hit him. The largest vehicle on the road hit him. There would have been no missing it.

To me something still doesnt quite add up from the prevailing theory.

My best guess is he gambled & misjudged the speed of the cars. He was on his way to the airport so chances are he was pressed for time to make his flight. Busy freeway & made a bad choice to gamble on the “best” gap he saw. It’s a 3-4 lane westbound section where he got hit. Lanes are 10-12ft wide, so he was attempting to cross 30-50ft worth of busy traffic. A bad decision that cost him his life.

 

[Manster7588]

The reports he was waving his arms, could be he was attempting to flag someone down. I dont understand why he'd be in a traffic lane though.

Maybe the drivers were afraid to help an unknown person on the highway thinking he might try to steal their vehicle.

I can't fault those not stopping since it's unknown why a man is on walking a highway in the first place.

Rules when you run out of gas.

Rule #1 Pull over to a safe area.

Rule #2 Stay with your vehicle. Especially if you are on the left lane of a highway/freeway.

Actually Rule #1 is DON'T run out of gas.

 

[Southieinnc]

No way. Are we listening to the same thing? She called 911 to report him walking on a highway and they tell her there was an incident there? Obviously putting her in a state of panic? They could have caused her (maybe not her but someone who was closer to the scene) unnecessary heartache or even harm if she were to try to get there and ran red lights, sped, got hit herself running across a street, left an unattended child at home, etc. This all especially true because the 911 operator has no idea who was injured and if it even was the person the caller was calling about. I wouldn't be surprised if that operator was spoken to for that

I understand your point but people are human and make flawed decisions.

 

[jarntt]

I understand your point but people are human and make flawed decisions.

Agree, that was my point that it was a bad mistake. Not that her heart was in the wrong place

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

Anyone here if he was suicidal or just being wreckless?

 

[Manster7588]

Anyone here if he was suicidal or just being wreckless?

I think it was reckless.

I think he was trying to get cars to stop to help, the more they ignored him it made him desperate, or stressed. Eventually he got closer and closer then in the driving lane.

I dont know if he realized he was in the traffic lane.


I still wonder if a car was found or not, and why the PD haven't stated this either way. If a car was found it clears up a lot. If no car was found it increases the questions.

 

[YankeeRebel]

I read he was hit by a dumptruck, was he working on his accuracy?

 

[ducky]

I read he was hit by a dumptruck, was he working on his accuracy?

You cant make jokes about this. Just not in good taste.

....but if you were to stoop to that level, which I never would, the joke to make is "Can read a freeway about as poorly as he could read a Cover 2."

 

[YankeeRebel]

You cant make jokes about this. Just not in good taste.

....but if you were to stoop to that level, which I never would, the joke to make is "Can read a freeway about as poorly as he could read a Cover 2."

You obviously can make jokes about it. I am a lot less sympathetic about ones demise when it came at the hands of self inflicted idiocy

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

I still wonder if a car was found or not, and why the PD haven't stated this either way. If a car was found it clears up a lot. If no car was found it increases the questions.

Investigation is still pending apparently (takes up to 3 months). But news surfaced that he was apparently struck by not 1, but 2 separate vehicles, and possibly a 3rd. If that is true... then the gamble decision looks worse. I know the stress of the situation plays a part, but I can't understand how you can make such a bold move as to get struck by 2-3 vehicles.

Dwayne Haskins struck by two vehicles, according to investigators

Investigators believe Dwayne Haskins was struck by two vehicles in this month’s fatal Florida accident, TMZ reported Wednesday, citing a crash report.

nypost.com

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the traffic homicide, but said in a statement Monday it will provide no further updates until the case is closed, which could take up to 90 days.

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

FHP Report: Dwayne Haskins ‘Improperly in Roadway’ When Killed

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins was “improperly in the roadway” when he was struck and killed on Interstate 595 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 9, according to an accident report from the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) completed on Tuesday. According to the report, Haskins was...

steelersnow.com

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Wow... This accident report paints a brutal picture.

So he was trying to cross 3-lanes by reportedly walking. Report doesn't indicate he was trying to flag drivers though. He almost makes it past the center lane but is struck by a dump truck. He's lying in the 3rd lane face-down (prone) when a 2nd vehilce (subaru outback) partially contacts him.

We'll have to wait for the traffic homicide investigation to complete to learn more.

 

[Manster7588]

Investigation is still pending apparently (takes up to 3 months). But news surfaced that he was apparently struck by not 1, but 2 separate vehicles, and possibly a 3rd. If that is true... then the gamble decision looks worse. I know the stress of the situation plays a part, but I can't understand how you can make such a bold move as to get struck by 2-3 vehicles.

Dwayne Haskins struck by two vehicles, according to investigators

Investigators believe Dwayne Haskins was struck by two vehicles in this month’s fatal Florida accident, TMZ reported Wednesday, citing a crash report.

nypost.com

I get the 3 months thing, but news about a car being found can easily be announced to the media.

They drop updates on murder investigations all the time, there shouldn't beva need for secrecy here