Former Patriots & Demons RB Killed In Accident
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:59 pm
SHREVEPORT, La. — John M. Stephens, the 1988 Offensive Rookie of the Year for the New England Patriots, has been killed after his pickup truck ran off a highway and struck some trees, authorities said Wednesday.
Stephens, 43, apparently lost control of his vehicle on a rural stretch of Louisiana Highway 169 near Shreveport on Tuesday evening, the Caddo Parish Sheriff's office said.
Stephens wasn't wearing a seatbelt and was thrown after the truck hit some trees head-on, sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Chadwick said in a statement.
The statement said Stephens apparently was traveling at a high rate of speed at the time of the single-vehicle accident.
"It appeared Stephens lost control and tried to overcorrect his steering, causing him to cross back over the road and hit the trees," the sheriff's office added.
No one else was injured in the crash.
"This is a very sad loss," said Adrian Howard, a defensive back who played with Stephens at Northwestern State from 1986 until 1989.
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Stephens, 43, apparently lost control of his vehicle on a rural stretch of Louisiana Highway 169 near Shreveport on Tuesday evening, the Caddo Parish Sheriff's office said.
Stephens wasn't wearing a seatbelt and was thrown after the truck hit some trees head-on, sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Chadwick said in a statement.
The statement said Stephens apparently was traveling at a high rate of speed at the time of the single-vehicle accident.
"It appeared Stephens lost control and tried to overcorrect his steering, causing him to cross back over the road and hit the trees," the sheriff's office added.
No one else was injured in the crash.
"This is a very sad loss," said Adrian Howard, a defensive back who played with Stephens at Northwestern State from 1986 until 1989.
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