Black and Blue Review
- Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was headed to Bank of America Stadium to watch film at approximately 12:30 p.m.
- His Dodge truck collided with a Buick sedan on S. Church Street, about a block away from the stadium.
- Newton’s truck wound up on its passenger side on an I-277 overpass.
- He and the driver of the sedan were both transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
- Newton suffered two transverse process fractures in his lower back, but he avoided any other internal injuries.
- He will stay in the hospital overnight, and the hope is he will be released Wednesday.
- His status for this week’s game against the Bucs is unknown, but it’s unlikely he’ll be able to play.
- His main injuries — the two transverse process fractures — are similar to what Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo dealt with earlier this season. Romo was hurt in Week 8 against the Redskins, and after returning to finish that game, he sat out the following week against the Cardinals.
- Witnesses at the scene had varying descriptions of what they saw. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is still investigating how the accident occurred.
- Considering where the accident happened — on a highway overpass — and how his truck appeared after the wreck, Newton was extremely fortunate he didn’t suffer other major injuries.
Courtesy: New York Injury Cases Blog