Heat ahead Haywood Highsmith ticketed for careless driving soon after crash

The agent for Haywood Highsmith stated Thursday evening that the Miami Heat ahead is “shaken” immediately after getting included in a late-evening accident wherever he crashed into a male who was making an attempt to aid the driver of a different disabled car.

The injured man, police mentioned, necessary a partial amputation of a leg and experienced other fractures and probable fractures. It was about 11:20 p.m. Tuesday when the wounded person was striving to drive the disabled car — which did not have lights on — out of the way of website traffic when Highsmith drove into him, law enforcement mentioned.

Highsmith was ticketed for careless driving, police claimed.

“Haywood struck a pedestrian pushing a disabled auto without having lights on down the middle of a dim street,” Highsmith’s agent, Jerry Dianis, stated Thursday night time. “Haywood instantly rushed to assistance the particular person pushing the automobile who had been wounded. A tourniquet was utilized to the injuries by a bystander and Haywood stayed on the scene consistently chatting to the injured person, supplying words of consolation until an ambulance took him to the hospital.”

Law enforcement said Highsmith was traveling at about 45 mph in a 40 mph zone. Police said Highsmith was not less than the impact of any medications or alcoholic beverages and was uninjured.

Highsmith was going house soon after Miami’s activity in opposition to Orlando on Tuesday night when the accident took place. Highsmith was not with the Heat for their video game Wednesday evening towards San Antonio. The group said he was out for own explanations.

“This was an unfortunate accident,” Dianis stated. “We have been notified that the particular person sustained significant accidents but is in stable problem. Haywood and his spouse and children are praying for him. Haywood is of program shaken by this and appreciates the assistance and prayers he has acquired from the Miami Warmth and admirers.”

It is unclear when Highsmith will return to video game action. The Heat do not participate in again right up until dealing with Boston on Sunday. “Our hearts go out to those people who had been hurt,” the workforce stated in a launch Wednesday.

Highsmith is averaging 5.8 details this period.