Before Darius Fleming took the field in place of injured New England Patriots Jerod Mayo and Jamie Collins, the reserve linebacker reportedly saved a woman from a burning vehicle and received 22 stitches in the process, per the Boston Globe.
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Fleming reportedly saw a three-car accident, when smoke started billowing out of one of the vehicles he jumped to action, breaking a window to rescue a woman in need.
"She was attempting to kick the window out, but she was a small lady," said Fleming, who estimated that the woman was in her late 20s. "I didn't panic, but I was just like, 'I got to get her out.'
"I tried to break [the window] with my elbow, but that didn't work, so I just started kicking the window. Eventually it broke, pulled her out, made sure she was OK, and I looked at my leg and I noticed it was bleeding pretty bad."
Fleming reportedly was patched up by team trainers before going to the hospital for stitches.
TMZ released a report later, noting the Foxborough Police was looking into the crash, as no one reportedly heard about it.
Ben Volin of the Boston Globe followed up, with Walpole police reportedly finding a car crash report after hours of no report showing up:
Walpole Police now says there was a accident on Rt 1 just after 4 pm on Thursday. Station is putting out a press release soon
— Ben Volin (@BenVolin) January 20, 2016
We'll continue to update this story as information becomes available.
