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SI.com - NHL - Heatley, teammate injured in car accident - Tuesday September 30, 2003 5:08AM by crankymessiah at 8:00 am EDT, Sep 30, 2003 |
] ATLANTA (AP) -- Atlanta Thrashers star Dany Heatley was ] charged with driving recklessly when he veered off a road ] and slammed his sportscar into a wall at about 80 mph, ] leaving him with a broken jaw and teammate Dan Snyder ] critically injured. ] ] The Thrashers said Snyder, a passenger in the car, had ] surgery early Tuesday at Grady Memorial Hospital for a ] depressed fracture in his skull. Heatley broke his left ] jaw and was in stable condition, the team said. ] ] Atlanta police spokesman Sgt. John Quigley said Heatley ] was driving his Ferrari shortly before 11 p.m. Monday ] night when the car left the road and struck a wall in ] front of an apartment complex. ] ] The vehicle broke in half, Quigley said. Heatley also was ] charged with serious injury by vehicle because a ] passenger was injured. |
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