Former Kansas guard Brannen Greene was involved in an incredibly scary car explosion over the weekend. He was riding as a passenger in a car in New York and escaped just seconds before the car he was in exploded. Greene's father, Jeffrey, tells the story of how his son managed to escape and come out relatively unscathed.
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"Brannen was trapped inside a car as a (ride-sharing service) passenger following an accident at Major Deegan Expressway, Bronx, N.Y., and 233rd St., after arriving from Los Angeles where he had NBA team workouts," Jeffrey said. "The car was struck from behind with so much force it immediately went airborne, came down on a guardrail (with Brannen in back seat), went airborne again and caught fire. It exploded no more than five seconds after he escaped through an opening in a shattered window.
The picture below shows how the car looked afterward and Greene has to be feeling pretty fortunate.
The elder Greene also spoke for his son who was dealing with mostly mental trauma and relayed what Brannen told him about the incident:
"Everything in the car — his phone, his computer, his luggage was burned and destroyed. The police said Brannen should not have survived. He walked away from it with a terrible headache, all-over body aches but for the most part he's just dealing with mental trauma," Jeff Greene said. "To think he survived this ... he said when the car got hit he felt like he was asleep, dreaming. He said, 'I could see all this fire and I was getting hot.' He said, 'I've got to get out. I couldn't get out. I couldn't find my seatbelt and the wraps. I got scared. I finally hit it and the seat belt came loose. I jumped out the window and started running. Five seconds later it sounded like a bomb (with car engulfed in flames).'
That is certainly a harrowing experience Greene will be able to recall fairly easily I would imagine. It will certainly give him something to talk about in team interviews that's for sure.
[h/t KUSports.com]
